Life Stress Quotes

I try to take it one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Funny, Success, Women

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If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

William James

Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

Hans Selye

Inspirational, Stress, Anxiety

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To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

Leonard Bernstein

Time, Stress, Humor

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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Lee Iacocca

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.

Lily Tomlin

Funny, Leadership, Stress

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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

Bertrand Russell

Success, Work, Stress

Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5

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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

Lily Tomlin

Inspirational, Breakup, Stress

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There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

Henry A. Kissinger

Inspirational, Funny, Witty

The New York Times Magazine, June 01, 1969.

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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James

Happiness, Fear, Stress

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Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.

Marilu Henner

Stress, Control Of Your Life, Keys

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There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Life, Education

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Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

William J. Clinton

Happiness, Hate, Stress

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If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.

George Burns

Funny, Stress, Humor

George Burns (1989). “How to live to be 100--or more: the ultimate diet, sex, and exercise book”, Plume

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In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.

Fred Rogers

Inspirational, Stress, Heart

Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.94, Penguin

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Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy.

Amy Alcott

Life, Stress, Golf

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Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'.

Eckhart Tolle

Inspirational, Happiness, Powerful

Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.84, New World Library

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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Robert Kennedy

Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “To seek a newer world”, Doubleday Books

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Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

Hans Selye

Stress, Survival, Getting Older

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Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

Will Rogers

Funny, Life, Wisdom

Letter in New York Times 29 Apr. 1930

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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.

W. H. Davies

Life, Stress, Humor

Songs of Joy (1911) "Leisure"

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If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

Mary Engelbreit

Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Khalil Gibran

Thinking, Worry, Anxiety

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Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle.

Bill Phillips

Inspirational, Success, Powerful

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Believing that you must do something perfectly is a recipe for stress, and you'll associate that stress with the task and thus condition yourself to avoid it

Steve Pavlina

Stress, Believe, Tasks

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