Stressors Quotes

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

  Hans Selye

  Inspirational, Stress, Anxiety

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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 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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• Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

  Hans Selye

  Positive, Happiness, Attitude

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• The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.

  Wayne Dyer

  Fear, Stress, Anger

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

  Lily Tomlin

  Funny, Leadership, 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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• Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.

  Richard Carlson

  Inspirational, Stress, Relaxation

  Richard Carlson (2016). “You Can Be Happy No Matter What”, p.161, Mango Media Inc.

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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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• Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Motivational Sports, Workout, Stress

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold's Bodybuilding for Men”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Happiness, Life Lesson, Stress

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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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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• Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness are among the most damaging stressors, and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart attacks, hypertension, mental disease, suicide, or just hopeless unhappiness.

  Hans Selye

  Suicide, Stress, Heart

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• Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing.

  Dianna Agron

  Stress, Downtime, Demise

  "Dianna Agron on Life, Glee, and the Paparazzi". Interview with Sam Bellikoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 18, 2011.

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• but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.

  William Stanley Jevons

  Reality, Exact Sciences

  William Stanley Jevons (1871). “The Theory of Political Economy”, p.6

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• Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days ahead.

  Kris Carr

  Sweet, Dark, Anxiety

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• Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

  Andrew Bernstein

  Stress, Negative, Looks

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• Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.

  Andrew Bernstein

  Stress, Negative, Engagement

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• It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.

  Richard Carlson

  Life, Stress, People

  Richard Carlson (1999). “A Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Treasury: A Special Selection for Mothers”, Hyperion

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• A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood

  John Gray

  Stress, Relief, Problem

  John Gray “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”

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• It's amazing how stress keeps you trim.

  Peter Andre

  Stress, Stressed

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• Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Life, Stress, Lying

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life”, p.206, Open Road Media

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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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• The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

  Andrew Bernstein

  Inspirational, Stress, Kids

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