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Quotes About Stress

I'm just generally hugely frustrated, I'm a very, very frustrated man. I'm just a ball of pent-up frustration.
~ Allen Carr
Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man.
~ Andre Gide
But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
~ Lyndon B. Johnson
I cannot believe any man can be perfectly well in body, who has much labor of the mind to perform.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.
~ Kent McCord
When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?.
~ Russell Hoban
Drivers in a traffic jam, frustrated by each others presence, are not the most amiable of men.
~ David Riesman
The more a man possesses over and above what he uses, the more careworn he becomes.
~ George Bernard Shaw
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
~ George MacDonald
No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
~ Harold MacMillan
As I said earlier, life happens, and you will inevitably run into a situation that you simply could not plan for at some point in your life. Although you may not be able to plan for the event itself, the best that you can do is ensure that you are financially prepared to handle it and reduce or eliminate any additional stress from an already stressful situation.
~ Terence Thornton
This set point reaction, this relational modus operandi, is your relational stance, the thing you will do over and over again when you are stressed.
~ Terrence Real
Give your stress wings and let it fly away.
~ Terri Guillemets
Stress is the trash of modern life — we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.
~ Terri Guillemets
Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply?
~ Terri Guillemets
Try not to worry, as it's sticky and hard to scrub off.
~ Terri Guillemets
Stretching oneself too thin is the disease of modern life — letting oneself get too thick, the other.
~ Terri Guillemets
I try to avoid stress — it makes me feel like I'm rubber-stamping all my organs "Urgent!"
~ Terri Guillemets
To some, the cigarette is a portable therapist.
~ Terri Guillemets
Skipping subtracts years from your heart, adds joy to your life, multiplies your happiness, and divides your stress. It's a prime exercise, and I count it among one of my greatest blessings.
~ Terri Guillemets
Sometimes a headache is all in your head. Relax.
~ Terri Guillemets
Sometimes I get the feeling the aspirin companies are sponsoring my headaches.
~ Terri Guillemets
If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched.
~ Terri Guillemets