Stress Quotes - Page 31

• Personally, I like a chocolate-covered sky. Dark, dark chocolate. People say it suits me. I do, however, try to enjoy every color I see - the whole spectrum. A billion or so flavors, none of them quite the same, and a sky to slowly suck on. It takes the edge off the stress. It helps me relax.

  Markus Zusak

  Dark, Color, Sky

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• What would I do without you? I'd die of stress and depression before nature killed me.

  James Dashner

  Without You, Dies

  James Dashner (2012). “The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)”, p.299, Delacorte Press

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• In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.

  Daniel Handler

  Energy, Body, Exhausted

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• Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats.

  Brené Brown

  Fear, Worry, Together

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.32, Penguin

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• I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed out I am isn’t conversation. It’ll never lead anywhere. No one is going to say, “Wow, Mindy, you really have it especially bad. I have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake.

  Mindy Kaling

  Thinking, Cake, Details

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• Perhaps I am a man of exceptional moods. I do not know how far my experience is common. At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all. This feeling was very strong upon me that night. Here was another side to my dream.

  H. G. Wells

  Dream, Strong, Night

  1898 The War of the Worlds, bk.1, ch.7.

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• For me, the times I always regret are missed opportunities to say farewell to good people, to wish them long life and say to them in all sincerity, "You build and do not destroy; you sow goodwill and reap it; smiles bloom in the wake of your passing, and I will keep your kindness in trust and share it as occasion arises, so that your life will be a quenching draught of calm in a land of drought and stress." Too often I never get to say that when it should be said. Instead, I leave them with the equivalent of a "Later, dude!" only to discover there would be no later for us.

  Kevin Hearne

  Kindness, Regret, Farewell

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.716, Del Rey

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• God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But He also sees our value. What did Jesus know that enabled Him to do what He did? Here’s part of the answer: He knew the value of people. He knew that each human being is a treasure. And because He did, people were not a source of stress, but a source of joy.

  Max Lucado

  Jesus, Father, Eye

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.480, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Replace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking. Every time you’re making a choice, ask yourself if it’s going to cultivate the experience of unity and love or the experience of separation and stress.

  Deepak Chopra

  Thinking, Choices, Unity

  "A Prescription for Happiness?". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2013.

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• All stress comes from resisting what is.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Resisting

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• The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.

  Dan Brown

  Reality, Ego, Brain

  Dan Brown (2014). “Inferno: Special Illustrated Edition (Enhanced): Featuring Robert Langdon”, p.377, Knopf

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• Dear God, I give this time of quiet to You. Please dissolve my thoughts of stress and fear And deliver me to the inner place Where all is peace and love. Amen.

  Marianne Williamson

  Giving, And Love, Dear God

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• As a doc, though, I've seen what happens when people are under a lot of stress. Doesn't always bring out their best. When people are scared, they get angry. They'll do things they never thought they would. They'll bargain and compromise in order to survive; they'll chase after miracle cures and believe just about anything so long as it gives them hope. When hope fails, then watch out. Some people get brutal. They'll turn on each other; they'll become their own worst enemies.

  Ilsa J. Bick

  Believe, Worst Enemy, Order

  Ilsa J. Bick (2011). “Ashes”, p.347, Carolrhoda Lab ™

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• You are covered in blood," Tybalt said again, stressing the words harder this time. "It makes me tense." There was a thud as the guard hit the floor, and Tybalt returned to my side. "Wow. You must be tense a lot." He sighed. "You have no idea.

  Mira Grant

  Blood, Ideas, Wow

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• But I ask you, those of you who are with us all day, not to stress yourselves out because of us. When you do this, it feels as if you're denying any value at all that our lives may have--and that saps the spirit we need to soldier on. The hardest ordeal for us is the idea that we are causing grief for other people. We can put up with our own hardships okay, but the thought that our lives are the source of other people's unhappiness, that's plain unbearable.

  Naoki Higashida

  Grief, Ideas, People

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• Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.

  Yanni

  Life, Motivational, Music

  Yanni (2003). “Yanni in Words”

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• Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better

  Emile Coue

  Positive, Overcoming Addiction, Get Better

  De la Suggestion et de Ses Applications (1915)

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• Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

  Byron Katie

  Positive, Freedom, Alarms

  Twitter post from Mar 28, 2011

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• The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

  Joe Girard

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Joe Girard, Robert Casemore (1979). “How to Sell Yourself”, Simon & Schuster

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• Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

  Saint Augustine

  Motivational, Faith, Time

  "Sermons to the People". Book by Augustine of Hippo (Sermon 80:8),

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• One today is worth two tomorrows.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Birthday

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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• An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Success, Business

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

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• He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.

  Anwar Sadat

  Inspirational, Change, Moving Forward

  Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row

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• It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is to be educated.

  Edith Hamilton

  Life, Education, Growth

  Quoted in the Saturday Evening Post, 27 Sep 1958.

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• Success is 99 percent failure.

  Soichiro Honda

  Success, Failure, Risk

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