The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety. – Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, 1947
Of the power of mind, over body… I have seen some striking instances, and can safely affirm, that mental agitation is a strong, predisposing cause of disease. – “An intelligent correspondent,” quoted by Georg Ernst Stahl (1659–1734), q
Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. – Bill Phillips
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. – Richard Carlson
For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. – Lily Tomlin
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. – Harry Emerson Fosdick
We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the finer strength of the nerves. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Give your stress wings and let it fly away. – Terri Guillemets
The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it. – Author Unknown
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension. – Joshua L. Liebman
There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. – Peter Drucker
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. – Natalie Goldberg, Wild Mind
In all human activities, particularly in all matters of business, times of stress and difficulty are seasons of opportunity when the seeds of progress are sown. – Thomas F. Woodlock (1866–1945)
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace. – Milan Kundera
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. – Jennifer Yane
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James
