Stressed Quotes - Page 14

• We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.

  Brené Brown

  Children, Adults, Exhausted

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• My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

  Steve Young

  Fathers Day, Dad, Responsibility

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• But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also stressed, passionately and repeatedly, that it was essential for the people to understand the risks and benefits of government, to educate themselves, and to involve themselves in the political process. Without that, he said, the wolves will take over.

  Carl Sagan

  Government, People, Political

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• Mach-5, the speed at which stress can't keep up, is simply forward motion. But it has to be self- propelled. Note that people in cars are still stressed.

  Jef Mallett

  Stress, Self, Car

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• Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.

  Mary Ann Mobley

  Stress, Heart, Problem

  "Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.

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• Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he was an over-stressed race director, I knew he was protecting his race. It took five years because we had to do our homework - meaning we women - we did our legislative work and we officially got into the Boston Marathon. Then, all was forgiven by Jock Semple.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Race, Boston, Years

  Source: runningmagazine.ca

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• When troubles come our way, we can be stressed and upset, or we can trust God. Caleb could have cursed God. He didn't deserve the wilderness. He had to put his dreams on hold for four decades. Still he didn't complain or grow sour.

  Max Lucado

  Dream, Upset, Four

  Source: ww2.christianpost.com

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• Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Stressed Out, Stressful, Honeymoon

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• I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.

  Delta Goodrem

  Cancer, Perspective, Used

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• I want to keep pushing myself so I never feel settled. I don't really know if it's going to end up working. I'm stressed out most of the time.

  Selena Gomez

  Want, Pushing, Ends

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• When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.

  Salma Hayek

  Comfort, Turns, Feels

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• One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men and women [...] to cooperate generously in the 'missio ad gentes.' As Vatican Council II stressed, the work of evangelization is a fundamental duty incumbent upon the whole People of God.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Men, People, Church

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• Typically, people who exercise start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues and family. They use their credit cards less frequently and say they feel less stressed. It's not completely clear why. But for many people, exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change.

  Charles Duhigg

  Change, Fitness, Patience

  "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change". Book by Charles Duhigg, April 5, 2012.

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• Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.

  Tim Ferriss

  Growth, Stressed Out, Driven

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• When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.

  Francis Chan

  Jobs, Thinking, Important

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.43, David C Cook

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• Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Taken, Sight

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.197, Penguin

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• A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later such a religion will emerge.

  Carl Sagan

  Science, Religion, Atheism

  Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”, p.71, Ballantine Books

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