Quotes About Stress

If you are anxious, if you doubt yourself, if you stress over everything, it ultimately means you really care about what you do.

I think it's an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit.

More and more of us feel like emergency-room physicians, permanently on call, required to heal ourselves but unable to find the prescription for all the clutter on our desk.

There are a lot of people who are unable to take a break to clear their minds. I imagine they are the ones who need it the most.

Packing your lunch for the work week can seem like an unattainable goal especially when work gets hectic and crazy.

Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.

Nothing affects people's lives who go in and out of New York more than their commute. It is unavoidable, and it must be done every day.

I was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced.

A lot of actors I had worked with seemed mentally unbalanced. It's only a matter of time before I go nuts myself.

For many Americans - many humans - Trump's presidency can often feel unbearable.

Only the British could experience great pain at the thought of a traffic jam - a place where you can sit alone with your radio on without being expected to do any work. Aren't traffic jams unbearable? By the time you get home, you need to sit alone in a comfy chair with your favourite music on just to calm down.

In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.

I don't know that I would say abrasive. In some ways, I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day, and maybe I was insensitive considering the pressures and responsibilities of these jobs.

You all know I have terminal cancer - and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces its spread and induces its activity. Stress may even bring it on.

When a thought appears such as "Do the dishes" and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness you feel are really mental combat fatigue.

Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the consequences of collective insanity.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction.

When the conflict deepens, none will have peace either.

Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have

Holding on to anger only gives you tense muscles.