Stress is poison. – Agave Powers
I’ve chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about. – Martin Short
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. – Leo Buscaglia
There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mohandas Gandhi
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head. – Mignon McLaughlin
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” – Sydney J. Harris
“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
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
“Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.'” – Eckhart Tolle
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” – Hans Selye
“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
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. “ – Lily Tomlin
“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” – Dean Smith
“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
When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable. – Greg Anderson
“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” – Bruce Lee
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
“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
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. – Natalie Goldberg
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” – Ovid
“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.” – Nelson DeMille
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. “ – Aesop
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” – Doug Larson
“Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.”– Ziggy Marley
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