In search of the best quotes for stress? You’ve come to the right place. Stress can often feel like a heavy weight pressing down on you, a storm you’re not sure you can weather.
But even the harshest storms pass, and these quotes are here to remind you of that. They are rays of wisdom shining through the clouds of stress, inspiring resilience and promoting calm.
Our hope is that they offer you the perspective needed to transform stress into strength.
Best Quotes for Stress Relief and Management
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 it fly away. ~ Terri Guillemets
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. ~ Bertrand Russell
There’s a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; always go back to the person that you know you are, and don’t let anybody tell you any different, because everyone’s special and everyone’s awesome. ~ McKayla Maroney
Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering. ~ A. A. Milne
Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. ~ John De Paola
It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. ~ Hans Selye
Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’. ~ Eckhart Tolle
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. ~ William James
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
Quotes to Foster Calm and Mindfulness
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax. ~ Mark Black
You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ~ Steve Maraboli
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~ Chinese Proverb
The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down, was the day she began to shine the brightest. ~ Katrina Mayer
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. ~ Hermann Hesse
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles. ~ Charlie Chaplin
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
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. ~ Etty Hillesum
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. ~ George Bernard Shaw
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
Soothing Best Quotes for Stress
The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
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
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. ~ Natalie Goldberg
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. ~ Corrie Ten Boom
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. ~ Sydney J. Harris
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
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. ~ Lou Holtz
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. ~ Hans Selye
Quotations for Cultivating Positivity Amidst Stress
God will never give you anything you can’t handle, so don’t stress. ~ Kelly Clarkson
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.
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.
Don’t stress the could haves. If it should have, it would have.
Sometimes we can focus so much on nothing that we make it a big something of nothing.
Stress is the gap between our expectation and reality. More the gap, more the stress. So expect nothing and accept everything.
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.
Inspiring Best Quotes for Stress Management
A good way to overcome stress is to help others out of theirs.
Take life day by day and be grateful for the little things. Don’t get stressed over what you can’t control.
A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well.
Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.
Just when you feel you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
Today I refuse to stress myself out about things I cannot control or change.
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good.
When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
There is more to life than increasing its speed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. ~ Richard Carlson
Words of Wisdom: Quotes to Alleviate Stress
When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter in 5 years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. ~ David Mamet
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. ~ Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. ~ Wayne W. Dyer
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~ Kenji Miyazawa
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ~ Benjamin Franklin
The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself. ~ Mark Messier
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. ~ Anne Lamott
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. ~ Hans Selye
Inspirational Best Quotes for Stress Reduction
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ~ William S. Burroughs
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
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. ~ Elbert Hubbard
Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche. ~ Andrew Denton
Loafing needs no explanation and is its own excuse. ~ Christopher Morley
Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. ~ Bill Phillips
Don’t try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers every day without forcing their buds.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The only way to solve the stress problem is to understand 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.
For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ~ Lily Tomlin
Quotes to Encourage Balance and Peace
The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. 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
When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. ~ Buddha
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself.
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. ~ Bruce Lee
Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward.
Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are.
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Motivating Best Quotes for Stress Relief
It’s not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. ~ Tony Robbins
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. ~ Carlos Castaneda
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. ~ Aesop
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. ~ Dalai Lama
The more you talk about it, rehash it, rethink it, cross analyze it, debate it, respond to it, get paranoid about it, compete with it, complain about it, immortalize it, cry over it, kick it, defame it, stalk it, gossip about it, pray over it, put it down or dissect its motives it continues to rot in your brain.
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. ~ Lena Horne
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
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. ~ Richard Bach
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are. ~ Squire Bill Widener
Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. ~ Corrie ten Boom
Profound Quotes for Finding Serenity in Stress
Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. ~ William James
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it. ~ Brian Tracy
There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem. ~ Harold Stephens
When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you’re doing, you become stressed. ~ Eckhart Tolle
Act the way that you want to feel. ~ Gretchen Rubin
Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening; it just stops you from enjoying the good.
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. ~ Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Empowering Best Quotes for Stress Management
Living a life somewhere else in your mind is nothing more than being a prisoner where you are. ~ Shannon L. Alder
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. ~ Marcus Aurelius
When you explore your worries you find your strengths. ~ Dee Waldeck
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
Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.
The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. ~ Charles F. Glassman
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. ~ Chris Bradford
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency. ~ Natalie Goldberg
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ~ Will Rogers
Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. ~ Prem Prakash
Quotes to Instill Resilience During Stressful Times
Calmness is the cradle of power. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you. ~ Saint Bartholomew
It is not stress that kills us, but our reaction to it.
The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another. ~ William James
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. ~ Bruce Lee
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. ~ Spanish Proverb
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
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.
If you can’t handle stress, you won’t manage success.
Uplifting Best Quotes for Stress Reduction
Stress spelled backwards is desserts.
We don’t need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it. ~ Donald Horban
Where’d the days go, when all we did was play? And the stress that we were under wasn’t stress at all just a run and a jump into a harmless fall.
Stress is like spice – in the right amount it enhances the flavor of a dish. Too little produces a bland, dull meal; too much may choke you. ~ Donald Tubesing
Stress, anxiety, and depression are caused when we are living to please others. ~ Paulo Coelho
There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full. ~ Henry Kissinger
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
No good comes from hurrying.
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest. ~ Seneca
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times. ~ Dean Smith
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ~ Margaret Fuller
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health. ~ Dalai Lama
Wrap up
Concluding our journey through the best quotes for stress, remember that stress, though daunting, is not unbeatable. Let these powerful words inspire you to face your stress with courage and serenity. Keep them close, for they can provide a fresh perspective when the weight of the world seems too heavy. Allow these quotes to inspire resilience, encourage calm, and remind you that even the fiercest storm will pass.
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