Quotes about Pressure

I can't imagine the pressure you must be under to have the weight of an entire country on your shoulders.

Today there is no foundation. Ultimately what rules in a discipline today is the social pressure of the best professional opinion, and that changes.

You need confidence to play under pressure.

Allowing anger to seethe on the back burner will lead to a very large lid blowing off a very hot pot.

Here I am I am tired I am tired of running of having to carry my life like it was a basket of eggs

the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess sucess is our national disease

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.

It's not work that kills [people], it is worry.

The Need to Win When an archer is shooting for nothing He has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle He is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold He goes blind Or sees two targets — He is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, But the prize Divides him. He cares, He thinks more of winning Than of shooting — And the need to win Drains him of power.

The tighter you squeeze the less you have.

In a 1977 interview with Christianity Today, Billy Graham said, "One of my great regrets is that I have not studied enough. I wish I had studied more and preached less. People have pressured me into speaking to groups when I should have been studying and preparing.