Staying positive doesn't mean you have to be happy all the time. It means that even on hard days you know that there are better ones coming.
90% of what you're stressing about right now won't even matter a year from now. Take a deep breath. @ -Mel Robbins
Remember: we don't control what happens, we control how we respond. @ -Ryan Holiday
Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You're strong. You got this. Take it day by day. @ -Karen Salmansohn
Every time you get upset at something, ask yourself if you were to die tomorrow, was it worth wasting your time being angry?
Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life. @ -Andrew Bernstein
You can't control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out.
Worrying won't stop the bad things from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good.
Breathe. It's just a bad day, not a bad life.
The more you talk about a problem, the longer it will be a problem.
There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not. @ -Valerie Bertinelli
Don't chase, don't beg, don't stress, don't be desperate, just relax. When you relax, it will come to you. Make your wants, want you.
If you can't change it, let it go.
Today I refuse to stress myself out over things I can't control or change.
You deserve to rest. Even if only for a moment. Put down the weight you're carrying. Let go of the need to keep it all together. Take off your warrior mask. For this moment, now... Just breathe. @ -Jason Garner
Tomorrow is tomorrow, today is today, worry about one at a time.
I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe. And it will be okay. @ -Shayne McClendon
When everything feels too much, just breathe, take some time to think, to enjoy, to take care of yourself.
Sometimes it's best to sleep until you feel better.
If it won't matter in 5 years, don't spend more than 5 minutes getting angry about it.
Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.
Deep breath. You got this.
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
Repeat to yourself: I'm not going to rush anything, not going to stress out or worry about how things will work out for me.
It's ok to take a break.
If you find yourself mentally exhausted: change your environment. Unclutter your desk. Take a shower. Go for a a walk. Refresh your mental state. @ -Life Math Money
Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now? @ -Tony Robbins
At the end of the day quiet your mind knowing you can't change anything yesterday, but you can do your best tomorrow.
Relax, you're where you're supposed to be.
One of the best ways to reduce stress is to accept the things that you cannot control. @ -M. P. Neary
Stress, anxiety and depression are caused when we are living to please others. @ -Paulo Coelho
The people in your life should be a source of reducing stress, not causing it.
You will get there when you are meant to get there and not one moment sooner... so relax, breathe, and be patient.
Don't try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers every day without forcing their buds. @ -Osho
Don't stress. Do your best. Forget the rest.
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. @ -Steve Maraboli
Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well. @ -Germany Kent
Trying to please everyone is a recipe for stress, misery and frustration. Be yourself, it'll be good to know who's down with that.
Don't worry about what you can't control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we can control. Attitude, effort, focus – these are the things we can control. @ -Tim Tebow
Take it day by day.
Stop repeatedly going over the issue that stresses you out, the more you do the worse it will feel.
The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances. @ -Andrew Bernstein
Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles, it takes away today's peace.
Don't hurry. Don't worry. Do your best and let it rest.
Over-thinking causes unnecessary stress and worry, and tends to blow things out of proportion. @ -Melissa Eshleman
The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down, was the day she began to shine the brightest. @ -Katrina Mayer
Knowing that you will survive no matter what happens is a good place to focus when life overwhelms you.
Times are weird. Focus on what you can control.
You need to look after yourself too. If you need to rest, rest. If you need time alone, recharge yourself.
Anxiety is the mind exaggerating what ifs, know that you can handle any situation and know that will you be okay.
Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. @ -Joel Osteen
Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process. @ -Alexandra Stoddard
Train your mind to be calm in negative situations. @ -Kalpesh Radadiya
Don't be in such a rush to figure everything out. Embrace the unknown and let your life surprise you.
Never make a decision when you are stressed, depressed, or being caressed. @ -Thibaut
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. @ -John Lubbock
You don't gain anything from stressing. Remember that.
Sometimes, when you're feeling stressed, all you really need is a reminder that you'll be through the tunnel soon and that light is right around the corner.
When you try to control everything, you enjoy nothing. Sometimes you just need to relax, breathe, let go and live in the moment.
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest. @ -Tilopa
Stress happens when something you care about is at stake. It's not a sign to run away – it's a sign to step forward. @ -Kelly McGonigal
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. @ -Christian D. Larson
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. @ -Lou Holtz
Worrying about how things might go wrong doesn't help things to go right.
If you can't handle stress, you won't manage success.
Saying no, without explanation is a great way to begin freeing up your life for your priorities.
Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. @ -Roy T. Bennett
Relax, breathe, and be patient.
Spending time thinking about what you have no control over is a waste of your time. Work on what you do have control over.
If you can't handle stress, you can't handle success.
Worry does nothing but steal your joy and keep you very busy doing nothing.
The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking. @ -Wayne Dyer
You can't force raging water to be calm. You have to leave it alone and let it return to its natural flow. Emotions are the same way. @ -Thibaut
If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live. @ -Thomas Sowell
There isn't enough room in your mind for both worry and faith. You must decide which one will live there.
You are going to be alright, the problems of today can be worked through.
If you're having a down day, have it. Let yourself feel the emotions — but don't stay there. @ -Molly Campbell
If you absolutely can't stay positive, don't go negative, just cruise neutral for a while until you can get back up. @ -Terri Guillemets
Near the end of difficulty often we are the closest to giving up, please take a deep breath and know that you can do this.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. @ -Glenn Turner
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. @ -Dale Carnegie
People can change your energy, stay away from chaotic needy people that steal your peace.
Make jokes. No stress. Love. Live life. Proceed. Progress. @ -Lil Wayne
These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb. @ -Najwa Zebian
Choose to focus on the facts that you know, not on the unknown guesses freaking you out.
Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there”. @ -Eckhart Tolle
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. @ -Pema Chödrön
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Breathe. Slow down.
Sometimes we feel stuck and that is 100% ok.
Stress is a choice. So is inner peace. @ -Lewis Howes
Keep calm, you got this.
Breath more. Worry less.
Try not to take life so seriously that it becomes all routines and duties, let some fun and light heartedness have space in your day.
Stress is not created by the events in your life, but by your reaction to them. @ -James Pierce
Self-care means taking time to relax, recharge, and connect with the self and others. It also means saying no to others when overwhelmed and taking space to calm and soothe oneself.
In a year you'll barely remember why you felt so stressed, so why stress about it now?
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it. @ -Brian Tracy
It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. @ -Hans Selye
Give your mind time away from the serious parts of life, just like a computer you need to power down once in a while.
You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave-win or lose. @ -Gordie Howe
Forget trying to control the people and events around you, focus on controlling what is in your hands.
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax. @ -Mark Black
It's not stress that kills us, it's our reaction to it. @ -Hans Selye
Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. @ -Eckhart Tolle
Pay attention to what makes you start to feel anxious, if you can't avoid it make a plan to keep your peace before encountering it again.
If you can't control what is happening; you can control your breathing and thinking. Work on focused deep breaths.
It's perfectly acceptable to go away to be by yourself to calm down, sometimes it's the best action to take.
There isn't a tree in the world that the wind hasn't shaken. @ -Hindu Proverb
Life is a storm that will test you unceasingly. Don't wait for calm waters that may not arrive. Derive purpose from resilience. Learn to sail the raging sea. @ -The Stoic Emperor
Laughter can be the best break from a stressful situation, laugh often.
If you are continually under large amounts of stress, your life is due for reevaluation. The life we are given is not meant to be all stress and anguish.
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff. @ -Robert Eliot
You only control your own actions and your own emotions. Only worry about things under your control. @ -Justin Kan
When you need to calm down… Breathe in for 5 counts. Hold for 5 counts. Breathe out for 5 counts. Hold for 5 counts. Repeat the cycle 2 more times. @ -Gabby Bernstein
Take a deep breath and blow away any nagging past thing you can't change. Exhale out the regret and think about what you are going to do right.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. @ -Oprah Winfrey
Let things come and go. Stay calm, don't let anything disturb your peace, and carry on. @ -Germany Kent
The rain will pass, the clouds will pull back, the floods will recede, so will the bad days.
Let it be.
Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do. @ -Ralph Marston
Take a five-minute break to daydream about anything pleasant and then return to your day.
You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. @ -Hans Selye
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. @ -Matthew 6:34
Anxiety may always be a part of your life, but it shouldn't overtake your day-to-day.
It's okay to wait. Sometimes it's okay to wait a little longer for something. Why rush if you don't have to? Why not enjoy the journey?
Don't forget to rest and reset.
Behind the clouds there's a bright blue sky.
Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace. @ -Joan Borysenko
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. @ -Ann Brashares
At the end of your life it won't be your job or money that will comfort you, choose your time investments wisely.
Hiding under the covers because it's all so overwhelming will not get you where you want to be, pick one thing and tackle it to the ground. Then pick the next one thing. Repeat.
You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. @ -Steve Maraboli
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges.  So relax. @ -Bryant H. McGill
Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening. @ -Michael Jordan
Many people choose to dwell on their failures. This leads to unnecessary worrying, regret, shame, and stress. Instead of dwelling on the past, you can reflect on your experiences and use negative situations as a learning experience. @ -Morris Pratt
Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found. @ -Lao Tzu
Life will give you whatever experience is the most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment. @ -Eckhart Tolle
The meaning behind what we do is more important than what we actually do. Ask yourself why are you living the way you live?
You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through. @ -Marie Osmond
 Standing back for a minute to assess a situation is an excellent way to decide if a response is necessary.
If the mind can cause stress, the mind can alleviate it. It's within our power to choose one thought over another, to choose optimism over pessimism. @ -Ernest Cadorin
I shall stay calm in moments of stress and anxiety, so as to allow positive thoughts and actions to manifest from me. @ -Leon Brown
It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them... It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. @ -Epictetus
Wanting control over every little aspect of your life will cause you to stress more than if you let life run it's course.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved then worrying will do you no good. @ -Shantideva
If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. @ -Hilary Mantel
Wherever you are, it's where you need to be.
When was the last time you sat quietly with yourself? 
When was the last time worry ever solved a problem? Breathe and know that you are perfect in this moment.
We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress. @ -Viggo Mortensen
It's all about finding the calm in the chaos. @ -Donna Karan
If you are giving any mental energy to what others think of you it is time to devote that energy to caring about what you believe about your needs.
Some time in your day today, try to turn off all the noises you can around you, and give yourself some 'quiet time.' In the silence, let yourself think about something. Or if possible, think about nothing. @ -Fred Rogers
Don't believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. @ -Renee Jain
Only spend time trying to change things you can control, let go of the rest of your worry.
I think one of the biggest things that sleep does is help with emotional stress. @ -Joe Zeller
Relax. Nothing is under control. @ -Adi Da
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. @ -James Allen
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't. @ -Alfred Korzybski
Investigate the reasons you are feeling so much pressure. Spend time with yourself deciding if it is worth your peace of mind.
Don't make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything. @ -Angelique Kerber
Sit outside, read a book, take a walk... Anything to clear your mind.
The world tricks you into thinking it has priorities more important than your time and energy. Stand up for yourself and take your power back.
Relax, recharge and reflect. Sometimes it's OK to do nothing. @ -Izey Victoria Odiase
You can't always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. @ -Wayne Dyer
Deep thinking about things that don't matter is like hammering the wrong nail.
Negative thoughts can take root in your mind and distort the severity of the situation. Try to challenge your fears, ask if they're true, and see where you can take back control.
Remember to breathe.
Stop worrying and start enjoying your time.
Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. @ -Saint Francis de Sales
Pressure can help motivate you, be sure it is healthy pressure and not soul draining oppressiveness.
The human body can be placed under huge stresses before death will result. @ -Steven Magee
Take control of your reactions by meditating daily, focusing your inner control vastly improves your ability to stay calm in all kinds of situations.
Even if life is a bumpy road or your dreams are taking a circuitous route, take time to live in the moment and enjoy the scenery along the way.
Think about the next step toward what's right for you and block out the noise of all the other needs.
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?  @ -Luke 12:25-31
When the world is panicking around you, focus on the joy you have in the moment.
There are two kinds of future concern: desire and fear. They together create a perfect hell. @ -The Ancient Sage
Just slow down. Slow down your speech. Slow down your breathing. Slow down your walking. Slow down your eating. And let this slower, steadier pace perfume your mind. Just slow down. @ -Doko
The anxiety of worry is almost always worse than the actual consequences. Stop worrying and start doing. @ -James Clear
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. @ -Lee Iacocca
Stop behaviors that make your day unnecessarily difficult, try putting your belongings in the same place every day so you don't waste time looking for them. Make an action plan for your day so don't forget your priorities.
I breathe in calmness, I breathe out stress.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the ultimate source of success in life. @ -14th Dalai Lama
At one point today, move slowly. Listen to the birds chirping, eat your food mindfully, take a deep breath when tension arises. Then tomorrow, move slowly at two points in the day. And three the next day. And four the day after that. Eventually, your day will be lived mindfully.
You must shake off your worries and pick up hope that you will make it through. @ -Jasmine Upwork
Stress and distractions have a mutually reinforcing relationship. They can drive one insane. Slow down, take a deep breath and relax. Pay attention to only one thing at a time. Also, don't forget to clear mental junk every now and then by meditating for a few minutes. @ -The Ancient Sage
Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes. Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. You're doing just fine. @ -Charlotte Eriksson
Take a moment to recognize your breaths. Sometimes we simply forget that we are alive and breathing. @ -Jasmine Upwork
The time you spent worrying could have been redirected to something to make you happy. @ -Jasmine Upwork
Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway. @ -Martin Amis
How we perceive a situation and how we react to it is the basis of our stress. If you focus on the negative in any situation, you can expect high stress levels. However, if you try and see the good in the situation, your stress levels will greatly diminish. @ -Catherine Pulsifer
Redirect your worries and anger into something that will create better memories. @ -Jasmine Upwork
Observe a stressful thought. Notice how your shoulders tense, your stomach tightens, you hold your breath. Keep watching that same thought. Don't push it away, instead change your reaction to it. Breathe deeply, let go, relax your body. You're okay. It's just a thought. Breathe. @ -Jason Garner
Stress is just a part of life, and it's something that every person has to deal with at one point or another. But that doesn't make it any easier! Stress can feel overwhelming and when you're dealing with it, it can be hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Evaluate the value of what you devote your thinking to, is it meaningful? Is it helpful? 
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. @ -Sydney J. Harris
Throw out the excess, clean up the mess, say no to stress, and live with less. @ -Joshua Becker
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. @ -William S. Burroughs
Working without distraction for the first part of your day accomplishes more than an entire interrupted sloppy day.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. @ -William James
Relax. You'll live longer and perform better. @ -Naval Ravikant
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusion. @ -Alan Watts
In a year, 95% of the things that stress you out now you'll look back and laugh at. The other 5%, you should probably get to work on. @ -Justin Kan
Spend some time in the depths of your pain for a time but eventually let yourself be distracted to let your mind rest.
Every single worry or fear you have will be meaningless down the road. Every. Single. One. @ -Kamal Ravikant
Sometimes we can focus so much on nothing that we make it a big something of nothing @ -Ricky Maye
There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. @ -James Carroll
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. @ -George Bernard Shaw
Worry less and strive to reduce your fears. Years from now, you'll shake your head at the way minor matters used to trouble you. @ -Thibaut
Your power is centered on your ability to finish tasks started and not spend energy on other projects until the first is completed.
Take time to breathe, to calm down.
Never underestimate your power of will to change the energy in a room to calmness, focus on the most calming thought you can muster.
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times. @ -Dean Smith
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. @ -Chinese Proverb
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. @ -Chinese Proverb
Calmness is the cradle of power. @ -Josiah Gilbert Holland
Difficult events occur for our spiritual growth. These aren't meant to be punishment. Beautiful sunset awaits after heavy rain. @ -Haemin Sunim
When you are faced with an obstacle, remember to breathe. Always, one breath at a time.
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. @ -Etty Hillesum
Spend zero on things that don't matter.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. @ -Winston Churchill
Gratitude can reduce your stress and anxiety. @ -Bree Miller
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. @ -Danzae Pace
Give your stress wings and let if fly away. @ -Terri Guillemets
Lift your spirit up out of the stress ball in your mind, think about what you have accomplished and how great it will feel to accomplish more.
Keep your peace an important state of mind to be able to return to throughout your day.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. @ -Mary Hemingway
There is more to life than increasing its speed. @ -Mahatma Gandhi
Trust your gut to tell you when you are taking on too many projects, back off when you get that uneasy feeling of so much to do in so little time.
When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
Try to push back and do something you love — something that's relaxing, but energizing.
You can only do one thing at any time - dream, plan or worry. Kinda makes worry a silly third choice.
If going back to sleep is the only good thing you can think of then do it and try again tomorrow. Sorrow dries out over time.
You should never get nervous about anything. What today seems important tomorrow isn't so any more. @ -Tito Vilanova
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. @ -Willa Cather
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. @ -Winnie the Pooh
People work out, they stress their body, and their body gets stronger from stress. @ -Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life. @ -Jill Botte Taylor
Give your best efforts to the most important tasks without dividing your attention and see how much progress is possible with focus.
The one who had the power to calm the elements of the earth has power to calm our souls. @ -Elder Robert D. Hales
Is stress inflicted on you — or created by you? @ -Frank Sonnenberg
Now is the best time to do whatever it is that is causing you anxiety.
I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I'm nervous and I'm stressed. @ -Christen Press
The storm before the calm. @ -Cameron Conaway
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. @ -John Newton
Figure out the things in your life that stress you out and make a plan to avoid them or minimize their impact.
We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. @ -David Mamet
The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused. @ -Marilu Henner
A good way to overcome stress is to help others out of theirs. @ -Dada J.P. Vaswani
Be willing to release those things stored in your heart and mind that are causing you discomfort. @ -Iyanla Vanzant
Use your precious moments to live life fully every single second of every single day. @ -Marcia Wieder
My morning routine definitely sets the tone for the rest of my day. If I'm rushed and stressed in the morning, that will carry through my work day. @ -Tessa Miller
Tell it to your anxious thought, always worrying about the future, that "I will worry about it when that actually happens". @ -Haemin Sunim
Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety. @ -Joe Torre
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. @ -John Lubbock
The person who trusts can relax into existence. The person who cannot trust remains tense, remains anxious, afraid. @ -Osho
Understand this and be free: we are not in our bodies; our bodies are inside us. @ -Sean A. Mulvihill
Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it. @ -Natalie du Toit
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person. @ -Seneca
Laughter helps bring balance to a stressful situation. @ -Kala Stevenson
The river becomes calm when it reaches the ocean. Find your ocean each day. @ -Maxime Lagacé
Take some time every day to be mindful and appreciate the present moment. This may mean noticing the warmth of sunlight on the skin when walking to work, or the taste and texture of a crisp, sweet apple at lunchtime.
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the trip. @ -Babs Hoffman
Stress exists only in your mind. Peace exists only in the acceptance of the present moment. @ -Maxime Lagacé
Find a place in your mind that is completely free of worry or resistance. Use it to give yourself rest to renew your vitality.
Sit with the pain until it passes, and you will be calmer for the next one. @ -Naval Ravikant
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. @ -Ovid
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive. @ -Ziggy Marley
Cultivate calm and stillness: let go of anxiety as a lifestyle. @ -Brené Brown
Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started. @ -David Allen
Embrace stress, don't avoid it. @ -Shane Parrish
Stress is the inability to decide what's important. @ -Amuse Chimp
When you understand something, then it naturally calms you down. @ -Naval Ravikant
Trying to be a perfectionist brings increased stress and hinders performance. @ -T. Whitmore
Much of the stress people encounter is derived from dishonesty. People first lie to themselves and then to others. @ -David DeNotaris
All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace. @ -Rumi
No state is so bitter than a calm mind cannot find in it some consolation. @ -Seneca
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. @ -Thich Nhat Hanh
Avoiding anxiety provoking situations causes you more anxiety.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. @ -Spanish proverb
The measure of wisdom is how calm you are when facing any given situation. @ -Naval Ravikant
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. @ -Jane Wagner
Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.
Calm down and cheer up - You're equipped to handle it. @ -Joyce Meyer
If there are chains pulling you down, drowning you, you might need to drop them to swim up again.
Pace yourself like an athlete running a marathon. You can work at a steady pace to do a great job or you can throw in everything you got just to burn out before the finish line.
Times of stress are also times that are signals for growth, and if we use adversity properly, we can grow through adversity. @ -Abraham Twerski
You are far from the only nervous person in the room. @ -Thibaut
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. @ -Hans Selye
Stress can actually help you focus better and can be positive. Having small amounts of stress can stimulate you to think. Being able to manage your stress is key. @ -Frank Long
Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die. @ -Douglas MacArthur
Is your security blanket really an anxiety blanket? Let go of habits that aren't holding you back.
Fear is always a shadow creating an image larger than reality. Turn the light on and think through what is on your mind.
Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.
Our natural state is calm and alert, let go of the worry to allow the good feeling thoughts to surface.
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. @ -Bruce Lee
It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax. @ -Moises Arias
Wherever you feel the least in control is where you have to distance your self from either physically or mentally.
If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault… Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion. @ -Epictetus
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. @ -Doug Larson
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. @ -Aesop
Remember that in order to be productive you also have to focus on relaxation. @ -Bogdan Ivanov
Talking about what's causing you stress or bringing you down can help lessen the intensity of these thoughts. Give those closest to you a chance to help out.
Some stress is necessary in our lives when we want to stimulate creativity, or to promote learning. @ -Christian J. Borg
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad. @ -Garson Kanin
Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax. @ -Matt Haig
Start your day with a list of priorities for that specific day, when life throws other tasks at you can set them aside and focus on the list you already made.
The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, 'You must eat and you must sleep.' They're the two vital elements for a healthy life. @ -Francesca Annis
For fast acting relief, try slowing down. @ -Lily Tomlin
All the suffering, stress and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for. @ -Jon Kabat-Zinn
If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. @ -Jim Rohn
Relax. Nothing's missing.
I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry. @ -Derek Bok
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. @ -Leo F. Buscaglia
You have the say so inside your mind, block out the bad noise and focus on deep breathing.
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Persistent, non-specific anxiety is the result of wanting so much, talking so much, and doing so much that you lose touch with the quiet joys of solitude. @ -Naval Ravikant
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. @ -George Burns
When a situation is within your control, take action. When a situation is outside your control, make preparations. @ -James Pierce
Our epidemics of depression, anxiety and addiction are signals. They are telling us something is going terribly wrong with how we live. @ -Johann Hari
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. @ -Peter Marshall
Work out to release the stress.
Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease. @ -T.F. Hodge
Breath is the power behind all things. I breathe in and know that good things will happen. @ -Tao Porchon-Lynch
Your inward conflicts express themselves in outward disasters. @ -Jiddu Krishnamurti
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. @ -Bertrand Russell
More patience, more presence, less anxiety. @ -Naval Ravikant
Figure out key truths about yourself and situation, when doubt and fear attack, you need know your strengths for sure.
So little of what could happen does happen. @ -Salvador Dalí
Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. @ -Nelson DeMille
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea. @ -Mikhail Lermontov
If you have a breathing room, you have a sanctuary, a place where you can return to yourself and restore your sense of peace. @ -Thich Nhat Hanh
Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense. @ -Samuel Rush Meyrick
If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it. @ -Osho
The best way to diffuse stress overload is to find something to laugh about, lighten up.
The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life. @ -Dalai Lama
What you want is to develop a sustainable habit: a stress-free approach to reducing your stress. @ -Greg McKeown
To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life. @ -William Londen
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. @ -Hermann Hesse
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. @ -Henry Ward Beecher
In the madness, you have to find calm. @ -Lupita Nyong'o
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. @ -Norman Vincent Peale
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly. @ -Robert H. Schuller
Remember the world responds to you the way it perceives you. Project an attitude of having enough to deal with so it will not pile on more.
Breath in deeply and slowly once in a while just to appreciate life.
I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy. @ -Sia Furler
Do not underestimate the calming effect of evening out your breathing, taking deep breaths and slow exhales.
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. @ -Swedish Proverb
Finding a moment to sit and just do nothing can be very healing, transforming, and nourishing. @ -Thich Nhat Hanh
Anxiety contaminates the present with the pains of all imaginable futures. We cannot experience the fullness of the moment if we are forever suffering from hypothetical hardships. @ -The Stoic Emperor
Giving myself time, care, and attention in the morning has been crucial to significantly reducing my stress levels and consistently increasing my capacity to perform, have clarity, and take action. @ -Aiste Gazdar
Relaxation comes from letting go of tense thoughts. @ -Frances Wilshire
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. @ -Arthur Somers Roche
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. @ -Charles Spurgeon
It is normal to be nervous. @ -James Galway
Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating, these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything. @ -Wayne W. Dyer
Learn to calm down the winds of your mind, and you will enjoy great inner peace. @ -Remez Sasson
Our wounds need nurturing care in order to heal. If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist. @ -Iyanla Vanzant
Using order to deal with the disorderly, using calm to deal with the clamorous, is mastering the heart. @ -Sun Tzu
When you do not get to the root of the problem, you cannot solve it in any meaningful manner. @ -Robert Greene
Amidst all the busyness you need time away from all the pressure to regroup and recharge so you can be more effective. Nonstop worrying burns people out.
What I do to combat anxiety is I don't try and fight it, but I just notice that I'm being anxious because of all these thoughts. @ -Naval Ravikant
We see thousands of ads each day and wonder why we feel discontented: we're vessels of anxiety, stress, and debt camouflaged by consumerism. @ -Joshua Fields Millburn
To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. @ -Boyd K. Packer
A calm mind makes us relaxed, improves our health and makes for happier families and communities. @ -14th Dalai Lama
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die. @ -Joko Beck
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
Stress is a confused state. It believes that everything is an emergency. @ -Natalie Goldberg
Reduce the speed and intensity to reduce stress. A flower blooms slowly, in calmness, and in serenity. @ -Debasish Mridha
That's the beauty of life, the uncertainty that we experience, literally, as we go about our day-to-day activities. We're not certain of anything, so fear comes up very often. Fear comes naturally. @ -Denzel Whitaker
The stresses and strains of life mould us into our mature selves. The key to life is to accept the wisdom of our later years while maintaining our youthful enthusiasm and curiosity for the world. @ -Stewart Stafford
The biggest cost of the attempt to thrive, is the worry. You even worry about the worrying. @ -Naval Ravikant
Take the time to assess what your personal priorities are and if they really give you meaning you are searching for in life.
An ignorant state, stress is. @ -Yoda
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. @ -Natalie Goldberg
Lean into (not away from) what's making you uncomfortable. @ -Shane Parrish
Awareness is inherently pure like the empty sky. Stress, annoyance, and anger can temporarily occupy its space but can never pollute it. @ -Haemin Sunim
When everything around you is crazy, it is ingenious to stay calm. @ -Mehmet Murat Ildan
When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. @ -LL Cool J
Fear is usually undefined exaggeration of what could happen, define the fear and mentally make plans to deal with the worst case in detail.  The big dark shadows become manageable obstacles.
We crave for things which create the illusion of security and comfort but which bring us only conflict, confusion and antagonism. @ -Jiddu Krishnamurti
Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never hardened off through stressful situations will never become a strong productive plant. @ -Stephen Sigmund
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, and unbiased. @ -Pema Chödrön
It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life. @ -Paulo Coelho
One hour of meditation cannot tackle the unconsciousness of rest of the day. Slowly we should bring our meditative quality in all our actions.
Some days are best spent seeking comfort, not rushing around trying to get everything done.
All this hurrying from place to place won't bring you any relief, for you're travelling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way. @ -Seneca
Debt free is stress free.  @ -D. Muthukrishnan
Be cheerful - the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive. @ -Benjamin Franklin
