Feeling stress quotes

11. “We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.”
―John Newton

12. “Mental health awareness doesn’t mean fighting stress, anxiety, depression and other everyday mental health issues, rather it means consciously modulating the habits that intensify those issues. Once you are in control of your habits, instead of checking your habits, you would automatically be in a much better shape, both mentally and physically. ”
―Abhijit Naskar

13. “A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
―Aesop

14. “It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.”
―Robert W. Service

15. “My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused. ”
―Ashton Eaton

16. “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
―Winnie the Pooh

17. “To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.”
―Jill Botte Taylor

18. “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
―John Lubbock

19. “When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter in 5 years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go.”
―Catherine Pulsifer

20. “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.”

—Robert Eliot

21. “Times of stress are also times that are signals for growth, and if we use adversity properly, we can grow through adversity.”
—Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski

22. “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
—Marcus Aurelius

23. “There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the simple duties and interests we have slighted and forgotten. Our world grows smaller, but it grows dearer and greater. Simple things have a new charm for us, and we suddenly realize that we have been renouncing all that is greatest and best, in our pursuit of some phantom.”
―William George Jordan

26. “There is no such thing as a stress-free life. No evidence has ever been presented which suggests that a stress-free life can ever be achieved. Stress can be managed, relieved and lessened, but never eliminated.”
—Gudjon Bergmann

25. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
—Albert Einstein

26. “Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose.”
—Maureen Killoran

27. “Stress is the trash of modern life–we all generate it, but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.”
—Danzae Pace

28. “Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.”
—Renee Jain

29. “These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.”
—Najwa Zebian

30. “Stress, anxiety, and depression are caused when we are living to please others.”

—Paulo Coelho

31. “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago.”
—E. Joseph Cossman

32. “In times of life crisis, whether wildfires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics … am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise every day?”
—Edward Albert

33. “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”
—Kahlil Gibran

34. “Stress is like spice – in the right proportion, it enhances the flavour of a dish. Too little produces a bland, dull meal; too much may choke you.”
—Donald Tubesing

35. “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
―Mother Teresa

36. “If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”
―Lucius Annaeus Seneca

37. “No beating yourself up. That’s not allowed. Be patient with yourself. It took you years to form the bad habits of thought that you no longer want. It will take a little time to form new and better ones. But I promise you this: Even a slight move in this direction will bring you some peace. The more effort you apply to it, the faster you’ll find your bliss, but you’ll experience rewards immediately.”
―Holly Mosier

38. “There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full.”
―Henry Kissinger

39. “You can do anything but not everything.”
―David Allen

40. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but doing something in spite of fear. "

―Unknown

41. “Stress is largely self-inflicted, so the ability to manage stress more effectively comes from managing oneself.”
―Michael Hetherington

42. “Stress can result in anxiety if handled poorly, or achievement if handled well. Instead of thinking about your worries as problems, think of them as challenges – and if possible, as opportunities.”
―Chelsea Erieau

43. “Smiling can be infectious in a workplace to help reduce stress, to help teamwork, to defuse high-pressure situations. The more you smile, the more people will smile back.”
―Byron Pulsifer

44. “Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.”
―William James

45. “A good way to overcome stress is to help others out of theirs.”
―Dada J. P. Vaswani

46. “The next time you are tempted to get anxious or upset about something – especially something in the past or the future – think about what you are doing and turn your mind to what is going on today.”
―Joyce Meyers

47. “There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.”
―attributed to Bernard-Paul Heroux

48. “Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”
―Bryant McGill

49. “Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness. Not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.”
―Aristotle

50. “I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.”

―Montesquieu

51. “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
—David Mamet

52. “Relax. No one else knows what they’re doing either.”
―Ricky Gervais

53. “What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.”
―Maya Angelou

54. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
―Thich Nhat Hanh

55. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
―Martin Luther King

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100 Motivational Quotes That Will Relieve Your Stress - Lolly Daskal

Many of us struggle with stress–at work and in our personal life. Like any problem, stress requires a strategic approach to conquer, or at least manage.

Stress is real, but we always have a choice–we can let it consume us or we learn to control it. To help you in the fight, I have complied 100 of the best quotes on stress. If one doesn’t speak to you, another might.

1. It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.–Tony Robbins
2. When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.–Winston Churchill
3. The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. – Sydney J. Harris
4. You can’t always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.–Wayne Dyer
5. One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.–Viggo Mortensen
6. Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously leaves your life.–Srikumar Rao
7. The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.–Richard Bach
8. We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions.–Adam Braun
9. Remember that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what’s going on in your life. –Andrew J. Bernstein
10. Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.–Joyce Meyer
11. Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.–David Allen
12. Take chances, make mistakes–that is how we grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.–Mary Tyler Moore
13. 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
14. You are braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.–Christopher Robin
15. It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.–Bruce Lee
16. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find they haven’t half the strength you they have. –Norman Vincent Peale
17. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.–William James
18. We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.–John Newton
19. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.–Unknown
20. It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.–Paulo Coelho
21. Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answers.–William S. Burroughs
22. Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.–Ziggy Marley
23. Everything you need you already have; you are complete right now. You are a whole total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.–Wayne Dyer
24. Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there.”–Eckhart Tolle
25. When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.–Peter Marshall
26. Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.–Chinese proverb
27. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.–Natalie Goldberg
28. If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved, worrying will do you no good.–ntideva
29. In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.–Fred Rogers
30. Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.–Hans Selye
31. Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. –Etty Hillesum
32. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.–Elbert Hubbard
33. It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.–Hans Selye
34. Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.–John De Paola
35. There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That’s what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.–Garson Kanin
36. Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.–Nelson DeMil
37. If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.–Doug Larson
38. Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.–Joshua L. Liebman
39. If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.–Dean Smith
40. 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
41. Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.–Benjamin Franklin
42. How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.–Spanish proverb
43. One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.–Bertrand Russell
44. Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.–John Lubbock
45. There is more to life than increasing its speed.–Mahatma Gandhi
46. Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.–Robert Eliot
47. Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.–Winnie the Pooh
48. Your mindset matters. It affects everything–from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being. –Peter Diamandis
49. For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.–Lily Tomlin
50. I’d like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war–a cool place where everyone could live.–Dionne Warwick
51. We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress.–Jane McGonigal
52. I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.–Dylan LaurenI’ve reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I’ve gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy.–Wesley Snipes
53. Like all weak men, he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.–W. Somerset Maugham
54. You believe that you live in the world, where in fact the world lives within you.–Deepak Chopra
55. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.–Paulo Coelho
56. In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics … am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise every day?–Edward Albert
57. Live in the moment, day by day, and don’t stress about the future. People are so caught up in looking into the future that they kind of lose what’s in front of them.–Jenna Ushkowitz
58. Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.–Blake Lively
59. Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don’t have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.–Daisaku Ikeda
60. When stress sets in, and pressure, I focus.–David Hallberg
61. If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.–Deepak Chopra
62. Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance.
63. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.–Melody Beattie
64. That which a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress. I will know what you are if you tell me what you think about when you don’t have to think.–David O. McKay
65. 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.–Kris Carr
66. 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
67. Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it’s the time when they most need to think.–Bill Clinton
68. Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not.–Valerie Bertinelli
69. There’s a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; always go back to the person that you know you are, and don’t let anybody tell you any different, because everyone’s special and everyone’s awesome. –McKayla Maroney
70. Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.–Joe Torre
71. You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.–Marie Osmond
72. We’ve all had stress creep up on us without even noticing it until we lost it on someone who didn’t deserve it, and then we realize that we probably should have checked in with ourselves a little earlier.–Ariel Garten
73. Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don’t remember what life was like without it.–Andrew J. Bernstein
74. 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
75. When I’m grateful for all the blessings, it puts away all the stress about things not in my control. Things like long hours, aging, pollution, scandals … it helps me create perspective by just focusing on being grateful. Take that moment twice a day with yourself.–Darby Stanchfield
76. Taking time to contemplate what you’re grateful for isn’t merely the “right” thing to do. It also improves your mood because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23 percent.–Travis Bradberry
77. Stress is an important dragon to slay–or at least tame–in your life.–Marilu Henner
78. The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.–Wayne Dyer
79. The deepest fear we have, “the fear beneath all fears,” is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It’s this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.–Tullian Tchividjian
80. Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will. –Dr. Robert Anthony
81. Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious.–Anon
82. Don’t stress the could haves, if it should have, it would have.
83. Worrying is like a rocking chair. it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere. –English proverb
84. You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.–Tilman J. Fertitta
85. Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there”
86. It’s not the load that breaks you dow, it’s the way you carry it. –Lou Holtz
87. A year from now, everything you’re stressing about won’t even matter.–Anon
88. Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.–Astrid Alauda
89. When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter in 5 years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go. –Catherine Pulsifer
90. Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose. –Maureen Killoran
91. Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. –Bill Phillips
92. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable. –Greg Anderson
93. Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. –Kahlil Gibran
94. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is. The only problem in your life is your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds. –Dan Millman
95. An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality. –Brian Tracy
96. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. –Confucius
97. Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie
98. Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once. –Paulo Coelho
99. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. –Arnold Schwarzenegger
100. Say NO to the demands of the world. Say YES to the longings of your own heart. –Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world.

Of Lolly’s many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine. Huffington Post honored Lolly with the title of The Most Inspiring Woman in the World. Her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, and Psychology Today, and others. Her newest book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness has become a national bestseller.

40 inspirational quotes that will dispel your worries and stress :: Infoniak

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And now take another deep breath and exhale , releasing the obsessive stress that causes unpleasant tension.

Our minds are often cluttered with unnecessary thoughts and imaginary assumptions, and therefore are in dire need of something calming and positive.