“Positive emotions and mental states may make people more resilient to stress, like sturdy tree branches that bend but don’t break when battered by a storm.”— Melanie Greenberg PhD, amazon.com
“I admit. I confess. I confront. The three likely phrase to live stressless.”— Bhavik Sarkhedi, amazon.com
“I find that my days are far more smooth and pleasant when I don’t give someone the leverage to annoy or stress me. Just smile, giggle to yourself, or wave.”— Cathy Burnham Martin, amazon.com
“Stress itself is not what’s toxic. It’s our relationship to it that's the hazard.”— Lisa Cypers Kamen, amazon.com
“Fear, anxiety, stress and panic, all these are basic evolutionary expression of the human brain. They are part of the normal human condition.”— Abhijit Naskar, amazon.com
“Whether we know it or choose to admit it, we are either an Encourager or a Discourager. We each make a choice as to which type we will be… every day. Discouragers bring ‘stresspools.’ I call any of those places that add unnecessary stress and aggravation ‘stresspools.’ They are just as stinky and ro…”— Cathy Burnham Martin, amazon.com
“No matter how strong or strong-willed you are, you cannot live a stressful, maxed-out life without that pace eventually biting you in the butt. It is necessary to take breaks, set parameters, and be kind to yourself if you want to continue making an impact in your little corner of the world.”— Cynthia Mendenhall, amazon.com
“When you are stressed on mind... to pour it out, is the behavior, most kind!”— Sujit Lalwani, amazon.com
“Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease.”— T. F. Hodge, amazon.com
“What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“My body needs laughter as much as it needs tears. Both are cleansers of stress.”— Mahogany SilverRain, amazon.com
“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”— Frank Herbert, amazon.com
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”— Fred Rogers, amazon.com
“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.”— Dr. Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“The things you worry about are not random, they show you what you’re here to work toward.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“As if worrying isn’t bad enough, OCDers worry about why they worry so much. They feel anxious that they worry about things that are not worth worrying about.”— June Silny, lifehack.org
“If stress is a major distraction from your love life, utilize tools to help the body unwind. Massage, exercise and adequate rest are powerful against stress.”— Pure Health MD, health.howstuffworks.com
“Brave does not equal cold-heartedness, lack of softness, or constant strength. Brave is the ability to perform under duress while remaining true to yourself in the process.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com