Top 40 Stress Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “Ten years from now you’ll laugh at whatever’s stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?”

— Tony Robbins

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2. “Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.”

— Hans Selye

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3. “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.”

— Simon Sinek

4. “All stress begins with one negative thought.”

— Rhonda Byrne

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5. “If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

6. “Here’s a two step formula for handling stress. Step number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Step number two: Remember it’s all small stuff.”

— Tony Robbins

7. “I have no stress, because I am the best.”

— Lil Wayne

8. “Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.”

— Brian Tracy

9. “Make jokes. No stress. Love. Live Life. Proceed. Progress.”

— Lil Wayne

10. “In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.”

— Corrie ten Boom

11. “Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.”

— Kelly McGonigal

12. “Remove stress from the body and the body regenerates itself. You can heal yourself.”

— Rhonda Byrne

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13. “Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned – to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculations and pretension.”

— Marcus Aurelius

14. “To be totally without stress is to be dead.”

— Hans Selye

15. “Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.”

— Joyce Meyer

16. “One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”

— Bertrand Russell

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17. “I realise that stress is only fear. I now release all fears.”

— Louise Hay

18. “The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days.”

— Paulo Coelho

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19. “Make the decision and say, “I’m not letting that worry in. I’m done being upset when my plans don’t work out. I’m not letting that stress in.” Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don’t have to let them into your spirit.”

— Joel Osteen

20. “Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace.”

— John Greenleaf Whittier

21. “Sometimes we need to let go of things in our lives to make room for better things. Stress less and live more. Don’t waste your energy, when you have the choice to be happy.”

— Brian Tracy

22. “Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves.”

— Brian Tracy

23. “For fast-acting relief try slowing down.”

— Lily Tomlin

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24. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”

— Alexander Graham Bell

25. “When pressure builds up, don’t panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.”

— Rick Warren

26. “Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.”

— Hans Selye

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27. “Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It’s a split that tears you apart inside.”

— Eckhart Tolle

28. “Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.”

— Melody Beattie

29. “A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.”

— Suze Orman

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30. “The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.”

— Colin Powell

31. “Dear God, I give this time of quiet to You. Please dissolve my thoughts of stress and fear And deliver me to the inner place Where all is peace and love. Amen.”

— Marianne Williamson

32. “The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.”

— Dan Brown

33. “Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

34. “I could imagine God saying to a lot of us, “Hey, I’m God, and you’re not. You’re not the general manager of the universe.” And the greatest stress reliever is take God seriously, but don’t take yourself seriously.”

— Rick Warren

35. “An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.”

— Victor Kiam

36. “After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.”

— Jodi Picoult

37. “Entertainment is about taking people away from the regular order of things when there is some chaos and pain and stress.”

— Michael Jackson

38. “The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.”

— Willie Nelson

39. “I’m a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don’t really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don’t stop, then you’ll never notice how tired you are.”

— Zooey Deschanel

40. “I don’t want to take a pill. Go to Africa, go follow some bushman around. He’s being chased by a lion. That’s stress. You’re not going to find a pygmy on Paxil, I’ll tell you that right now.”

— Ellen DeGeneres