Stressors Quotes

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

  Hans Selye

  Inspirational, Stress, Anxiety

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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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• 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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  The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

  William James

  Happiness, Fear, Stress

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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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  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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  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.

  Andrew Denton

  Stress, Pressure, Common

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Stress, Earth, Forget

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

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• It's amazing how stress keeps you trim.

  Peter Andre

  Stress, Stressed

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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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• 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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• The key to winning is poise under stress.

  Paul Brown

  Stress, Adversity, Winning

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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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• If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.

  Kris Carr

  Sweet, Stress, Sadness

  "Celebrating a Decade Thriving With Cancer" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2013.

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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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• 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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