Quotes about Stress

 "When you come to the edge of all the light that you know,
And you are about to step off into the darkness
of the unknown, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on
or you will be taught how to fly."

Stress will only increase with your permission.
If you desire more of it, do nothing.
If you desire less of it, do something.
If you've been doing nothing,
doing something means everything!"

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

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

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

The field of consciousness is tiny.  It accepts only one problem at a time.

Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.

Stress is poison.

We are wistful about the golden days of the past and dream of a distant future unclouded by necessity. But I suspect that if our inner souls were asked what in life they really missed, the answer would be primal danger and stress.

So, how do you get back to heaven? To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it. You don't have to believe everything your thoughts tell you. Just become familiar with the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness. It may seem strange at first to get to know yourself in this way, but becoming familiar with your stressful thoughts will show you the way home to everything you need.

In times of stress and drama, to you I say: Hakuna Matata

It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

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.

Don't underestimate the value of the ability to comfort yourself as a coping skill.

Crying, that is, sobbing is the earliest and deepest way to release tension. Infants can cry almost from the moment of birth, and do so easily following every stress that produces a state of tension in the body... Human beings are the only creatures who can react in this way to stress and tension. Most probably, they are the only ones who need this form of release.

"Stress is nothing but unfulfilled expectations."

Stress is a part of life. Wouldn't you love
to have a button you could push to turn
off stress and an equally useful button to
turn on relaxation? Well, you can, by
simply acknowledging the triggers that set
you off and imagining the button that calms
you down. You can retrain yourself to push
the right buttons that allow you to relax and
feel at ease.

“In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. ”

If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labor.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will think of past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
Today I will be the master of my emotions.

“In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. ”

If a problem can be solved, there is nothing to worry about. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.

It matters not whether you win the race or not but that you cross the finish line with a smile and a bit of a laugh.    

Stress does not come from having too much on your plate. Stress comes from labeling too many of those things as very important.    

Discussing religion, no matter how in depth the discussion, should never be confused with actually practicing that religion.    

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

Stress is an unstranformed opportunity for empowerment.

If you’re starting a small business with your spouse, then remember the increased stress from work can easily carry over into your romantic relationship.

A personal assistant can alleviate stress in your life.

The values of solitude - one of its values - is, of course, that there is nothing to cushion against attacks from within, just as there is nothing to help balance at times of particular stress or depression.  A few moments of desultory conversation...may calm an inner storm.  But the storm, painful as it is, might have had some truth in it.  So sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands.  The reasons for depression are not so interesting as the way one handles it, simply to stay alive.

Things get very clear when you're cornered.

"We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment."

-Aaron Antonovsky,
Unraveling The Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well.

I knew my mother was under too much stress when I asked her what's for dinner and she pulled out a revolver.