Mental tensions, frustrations, insecurity, aimlessness are among the most damaging stressors, and psychosomatic studies have shown how often they cause migraine headache, peptic ulcers, heart attacks, hypertension, mental disease, suicide, or just hopeless unhappiness. – Hans Selye
The non-specific response of the body to any demand for change. – Hans Selye
Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise. – Hans Selye
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. – Hans Selye
The perfect no-stress environment is the grave. When we change our perception we gain control. The stress becomes a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable. – Greg Anderson