Here are 15 timeless thoughts on stress and how to handle it.
“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.” Nelson DeMille
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. “ Aesop
“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” Doug Larson
“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” Dean Smith
“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
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” Benjamin Franklin
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.” Spanish proverb
“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
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” Peter Marshall
“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
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Mahatma Gandhi
“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
“Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” Robert Eliot
“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
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