Quotes About Pressure

Running at such a pace to keep all of these balls in the air left me gasping for breath and longing for attention and support

For Nathan, I wanted it to be a place where he could breathe out the pressure to perform, to conform, to always be "good" when what was defined as good was almost impossible for him, as God made him, to conform to.

First up was Nancy's pervasive sense of guilt. She felt self-conscious about going beyond her family's expectations, and feared being seen as "too big for her britches," a typical complaint in her family about anyone who was successful. As a result, Nancy was constantly trying to prove she didn't think she was better than anyone else. This made it almost impossible for her to say no.

Too often, marketers rush in and smother consumers. Instead of a high-pressure pitch, what if you used a low-pressure (or anti-pressure) approach? Consider backing off a little. Pull customers in, rather than pushing them to buy. Build an anticipation gap.

You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.

All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.

as if being born a girl makes her responsible for everyone alive.

I want things so bad that I force them, push them until they tear.

The trouble with bravery is," said Johnny. "that if you are brave too often people will come to expect it of you all the time." "Or," said René, "bravery is often just the action of someone who does not know what to do next, and acts out of panic.

It ain't easy to do nothing, now that society is telling everyone that their body is fundamentally flawed and about to self-destruct. People are afraid they're on the verge of death all the time

Being the underachiever in a family of overachievers was hell.

She added in a tight, defensive voice that she panicked when she did jobs, it gave her existential panic. She could do them for a while, but it felt like darning socks in a burning building. Time was running out and . . . Did he ever get that?

In the end few people are strong enough to reject what society expects of them.

With perfection comes pressure. Students here are some of the best in the country, and sometimes, they have to let off a little steam. What five girls don't know, though, is that steam can scald just as badly as an open flame.

In the 1950s at least less was expected of women. Now we're supposed to build a career, build a home, be the supermum that every child deserves, the perfect wife, meet the demands of elderly parents, and still stay sane.

It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.

People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That's Good It Keeps Me On The Edge

When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem.

Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.

Decisions made in real time are never perfect.

Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious.

I don't really leave my house too much, 'cause I don't like... it's funny, I don't really like to be high and famous at the same time.

If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts.

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.