Quotes from Hans Selye

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance.

Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.

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

To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.

Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.

The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

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

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

Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.

To be totally without stress is to be dead.

Stress is the spice of life.

Complete freedom from stress is death

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.

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

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

Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: "What is the most stressful condition a person can face?" His unexpected response: "Not having something to BELIEVE in.

The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.

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