Stressful Quotes

• Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

  Denis Waitley

  Relationship, Courage, Moving Forward

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• I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.

  Steve Jobs

  Done, Improvement, Revolutionary

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• I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn't caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there's a thought that isn't true for us.

  Byron Katie

  Stress, Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings

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• Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.

  Byron Katie

  Stress, Feelings, Trying

  Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.6, Random House

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• Just because we're in a STRESSFUL situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in YOU.

  Joel Osteen

  Positive Thinking, Mean, Keys

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• There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Sad, Women

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.12, Hamilton Books

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

  Hans Selye

  Inspirational, Stress, Anxiety

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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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  Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Inspirational, Funny, Letting Go

  FaceBook post by Natalie Goldberg from Jul 25, 2011

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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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• I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.

  Richard Nelson Bolles

  Work, Life Changing, Needs

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• When you have harmony in the different areas of your life, with your mind, body, and spirit, you're just so much stronger, especially in really intense stressful situations.

  Frank Shamrock

  Mma, Stressful Situations, Mind

  "Frank Shamrock on Fight Master, Episode 4: 'We realized after six or seven hours, no one was going to give up'". Interview with Shaun Al-Shatt, www.mmafighting.com. July 18, 2013.

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• I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.

  Byron Katie

  Country, Stress, Mind

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• It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm clock that says, "You're caught in the dream."

  Byron Katie

  Dream, Stress, Feelings

  Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell (2008). “Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life”, p.6, Random House

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• There is no stress in the world, only people thinking stressful thoughts.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Attitude, Stress

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 30, 2012

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

  Bill Phillips

  Inspirational, Success, Powerful

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• Everybody's going through a lot of stress these days, no matter how well off you are and how many advantages you have, it's a stressful time in everybody's lives.

  Chris Frantz

  Stress, Matter, Advantage

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• If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.

  Shantideva

  Buddhist, Stress, Worry

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• We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

  David Mamet

  Stress, Food, Pie

  David Mamet (2010). “Boston Marriage”, p.34, Knopf Group E-Books

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• When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

  Byron Katie

  Freedom, Stress, Kind

  Byron Katie (2010). “Who Would You Be Without Your Story? (Large Print 16pt)”, p.330, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Unless you're one of the five billionaires out there who don't have to worry about anything, every aspect of everything is stressful, no matter what your job is.

  Peter Gallagher

  Jobs, Worry, Matter

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Mean, Thinking, Important

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• Focusing on getting the most out of every situation is stressful. Focusing on giving the most in every situation is liberating.

  Hal Elrod

  Inspirational, Giving, Situation

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from Jan 08, 2015

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• The thing is, my appearance – that’s never been my moneymaker. I’m fine being small. I’m fine being all the things I am. And I’m happy I’m not supposed to be on the 50 Most Beautiful list all the time, because that would be super f**king stressful.

  Anna Kendrick

  Beautiful, Kings, Would Be

  "Anna Kendrick on Pitch Perfect 2, That Hilarious SNL Skit, and Why She's OK Not Being on the Most Beautiful List". Interview with Ashley Edwards Walker, www.glamour.com. July 15, 2014.

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