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Quotes About Stress

I really personalized the pressure to make a good 'Toy Story' film. It made me physically sick at the beginning. Literally, I wanted to throw up in the morning because I was just so racked with stress.
~ Lee Unkrich
Juggling too many things can disturb the balance and throw your personal or professional life off track.
~ Jasmin Bhasin
I don't know of any other driver on the track that doesn't get hot under the collar.
~ Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.
~ Carl J. Lindner, Jr.
In my latter years I've decided that there's too much to keep track of when you go into the lying game. That becomes stressful and it's not for me anymore.
~ Max Greenfield
I strive to be my best every time I go out, and that's very stressful. After a while of doing that... it's nice to just take a deep breath, sit on a tractor.
~ Bill Goldberg
When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.
~ Gordon Ramsay
Being on tour sends me crazy, I drink too much and out comes the John Mcenroe in me.
~ Chrissie Hynde
The emotional build-up and anticipation if you travel at Christmas can make it harder to enjoy a trip. I think sometimes it is better to travel outside of conventional holiday times for that reason.
~ Chris Hadfield
From the moment you decide to go somewhere, until the time you return, there are about 47 different points of abuse that are awaiting you.
~ Peter Greenberg
Honestly, if I stay on this gruelling path, I'm going to end up as another suicide statistic.
~ S.A. Tawks, Misadventurous
L.A. bumper sticker: Keep honking - I'm reloading.
~ Anonymous
A successful tree pose probably won't change your life. Learning how to keep your breath easy, long, and deep no matter what the circumstance? That absolutely will.
~ Tara Stiles
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.
~ Anthony Hopkins
Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.
~ Kelly McGonigal
Stevie clearly didn't have control over her issues. She panicked easy. She cried easy. She exploded into rage real easy. And when she did all three at the same time . . .
~ Shelly Laurenston
I always thought he looked like a postal worker who's about one write-up away from losing it completely." "Personally
~ Shelly Laurenston
It's so hard to tell with him. He always looks like he's working the customer service desk at the DMV." "I always thought he looked like a postal worker who's about one write-up away from losing it completely.
~ Shelly Laurenston
psychological factors
~ Shere Hite
Jack hit the floor and fired off push-ups until he thought he'd pass out. The spinning behind his eyes felt good. He'd gotten by with a half grapefruit (35 calories) at breakfast, because his mom was such an emotional wreck before driving him to the hospital. She didn't argue over the half cup of oatmeal (110 calories), which he dumped in the sink before polishing off the last of his red M&Ms, his go-to food when life got sucky.
~ Sherry Shahan
I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.
~ Sherry Stringfield
I don't know about you, but I always need a stiff drink after a visit with your parents
~ Sherry Thomas
Under stress, they seek composure above all. But they do not find equanimity.
~ Sherry Turkle
Whether it's a major decision like accepting a job, or a minor decision like what to order at a restaurant, people struggling with anxiety often find themselves frozen like a deer in the headlights when it comes time to decide.
~ Sheryl Paul