Quotes on stress
Loafing needs no explanation and is its own excuse.
Morley, Christopher
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Aesop
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.
Kundera, Milan
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.
Proverb, Spanish
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Yane, Jennifer
Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply?
Latet, Carrie
Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.
Paola, John De
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Gandhi, Mohandas K.
There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers.
Tomlinson, H.M.
Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.
Alauda, Astrid
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.
Pagels, Douglas
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.
Plath, Sylvia
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
Larson, Doug
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Jerome, K.
Stress is the trash of modern life - we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.
Pace, Danzae
There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.
Drucker, Peter
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
Proverb, Chinese
For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.
Tomlin, Lily
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
Hillesum, Etty
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.
Carlson, Richard
Emotion has taught mankind to reason.
Vauvenargues, Marquis de