Quotes About Stress

My beeper, silent till then, went off. In answering its summons, I slipped the yoke back around my neck; indeed, I welcomed my slavish existence as a surgical resident, the never-ending work, the crises that kept me in the present, the immersion in blood, pus, and tears—the fluids in which one dissolved all traces of self.

Burnout is being overwhelmed by work. Boreout is being underwhelmed by work.

As Michael saw it, capitalism had been cruel to our father, giving him no quarter when he was down, the weight of no money and too much responsibility dragging him under. Which didn't mean he hadn't been sick, but that there had been no margin for being sick.

Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

Day after day, anxiety spun its web around my thoughts and spread to all corners of my heart.

Furthermore, while stress is likely (particularly when unremitting) to be unpleasant, it has the potential of achieving meaningful, valuable change. An equilibrium from which stress has been eliminated can be a terminal state, a condition from which all further development is likewise excluded – in short, the peace of death.

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: Protocol, Geritol, and alcohol.

Golf is a fine relief from the tensions of office, but we are a little tired of holding the bag.

Being a color in Texas is to wake stressed from being.

Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.

I think I'm maintaining the quality, but internally I'm paying for it.

Either I want this world where there is so much stress and pressure or I want to live in a jungle where there is peace of mind, without any network or social media.

You need a balance in life. You just cannot be all the time on an adrenalin peak. You need to recharge.

In a crazy, high-pressure environment like a film set, eventually a peculiar kind of empathy develops for your co-workers.

Peer pressure is just that: pressure.

But there was a lot of pressure to achieve and to get things right, whether in school, on stage or with my peers and family.

There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties.

I know everyone is talking about them like it's easy but you can lose a final with a penalty.

I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.

It's always pressure to take a pen, doesn't matter if it's against City, or another team. It's always pressure to take the pens.

You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.