Stress Quotes - Page 34

• Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

  Barry Sheene

  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.

  Khalil Gibran

  Beauty, Beautiful, Pain

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.

  Ken Dryden

  Hurt, Mean, Successful

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• The coaches today should realize that they are, after all, working with children who sometimes have to stand up to physical and moral stresses which not even all grown-ups could bear.

  Elena Mukhina

  Children, Gymnastics, Today

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• Rap is stress, but it pays great.

  Drake

  Rap, Humble, Hip Hop

  Song: Free Spirit, Album: You Welcome

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• Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.

  Marilyn Ferguson

  Health, Years, Body

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• People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Stay Strong, Perseverance, Lonely

  George Bernard Shaw (2010). “Mrs. Warren's Profession”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

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• Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

  Boethius

  Happiness, Positivity, Thinking

  Boethius (2012). “The Consolation of Philosophy”, p.24, Courier Corporation

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• We become more successful when we are happier and more positive.

  Shawn Achor

  Happiness, Success, Successful

  "The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work". Book by Shawn Achor, September 14, 2010.

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• Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.

  Peter Drucker

  Success, Creativity, Mean

  Peter Drucker (2014). “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, p.36, Routledge

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• No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.

  Mia Hamm

  Success, Sports, Perseverance

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• Three keys to success: read, read, read.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Success, Keys, Three

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• Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Success, Requirements

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jan 27, 2010

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• Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Real, Mean

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• Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Success, Trust, Sympathy

  Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.35, Basic Books

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• Your body is an amazing creation, capable of performing great wonders, but you can destroy that miraculous machine's potential with an overdose of stress.

  Harry Johnson

  Machines, Body, Wonder

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• If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Giving, Affection, Charm

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3056, Delphi Classics

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• The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  People, Details, Given

  Charles R. Swindoll (2010). “Laugh Again / Hope Again: Two Books to Inspire a Joy-Filled Life”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?

  Guy Finley

  Crowds, Want, Asking

  Guy Finley (2010). “The Secret of Letting Go”, p.105, Llewellyn Worldwide

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• People respond better to kindness than cruelty. Why, it's even caught on in the workplace, that bastion of self-hatred and disrespect.

  Cheri Huber

  Kindness, Self, People

  Cheri Huber (2007). “Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline”, p.50, Shambhala Publications

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• Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't fair.

  Byron Katie

  Unjust, Variation, Theme

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• Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Happiness, Laziness

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• We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us an hour and fifteen or an hour and thirty minutes to drive. So now I'm sitting in a car for almost an hour and a half and I'm very tense. I'm worried about the traffic. So I started smoking a cigar going to the games.

  Michael Jordan

  Home, Games, Car

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• True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it any more than you seek the air you breathe. It is a part of life to be found within living. ... All pursuit of happiness is based upon the false assumption that there is a way to possess it; you may as well try to grab a handful of breeze! Happiness is the natural expression of a stress-free life, just as sunlight naturally warms the Earth after dark clouds appear.

  Guy Finley

  Meaningful, Dark, Pursuit Of Happiness

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