Quotes About Stress

Panic is the antithesis to good organization. Panic is messy. I am against panic on a point of principle.

She wasn't quite at the point of stepping out onto the motorway to play with the oncoming traffic, but it was close.

To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.

There was an aggressiveness I had never seen in him before; by the end of the session, he was almost psychotic.

was much easier to deal with hassles while they're still in the yellow-alert stage.

In your defence, it's been a long day and you've had a lot to drink.

The group most likely to see themselves as lonely, stressed out, and concerned about the future is the unmarried, whether divorced or never headed to the altar.

All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill.

the wretcheder one is, the more one smokes; and the more one smokes, the wretcheder one gets—a vicious circle.

But certain winds will make men's temper bad.

There is a fierce unity to America, and simultaneously there are deep differences that turn into mutual contempt at times of stress. This tension actually has a virtue hidden within it. The tension within the country, the radical differences in culture and outlook, actually become a goad driving the country forward but leaving some behind.

You've had a long day. Let's put your magic away. You know what you need? A nice cup of chamomile tea and a tranquilizer . . ." I

It taught me that for every period of stress there must be a time of rest and contemplation.

She's FREAKING out. I'm trying to calm her down. I may have to get wine. Or pot. Can I buy some pot? No. It's medicinal. No pot or I tell Mom.

Being trained as an efficient killer wasn't enough. You also had to learn to control your stress and your fear, becoming so used to violence that you could detach yourself from the trauma of it and assess the level of violence necessary to respond. When the fight-or-flight response kicked in, Mother Nature shut off our brains. It was a biological survival mechanism.

Who cares about dates? It's when you're under pressure together, that's what counts.

In a place where you're so freaked out that you hold yourself supertight, because any splash of emotion could break the dam and you would fall to pieces.

As she points out, leaving behind the rush-hour commute, corporate politics, and a relentless BlackBerry that never slept was no sacrifice.

I tried deep breathing, but seemed to lose contact with myself between each breath, so that the next one was always an emergency. I began to feel faint.

Living with someone who hates you is—it drives you mad—

We're all like the slaves in the fields now, putting on the front that says 'Everything's fine, boss' while we worry about how to make ends meet.

He always felt trapped and restless when talking to lawyers or doing any business with them