Quotes about Stress

Harm to our necks, jaws, backs, and bowels. Anxiety can twist us into emotional pretzels. It can make our eyes twitch, blood pressure rise, heads ache, and armpits sweat.

To see the consequences of anxiety, just read about half the ailments in a medical textbook.

Many of us react as though everything is a crisis because we have lived with so many crises for so long that crisis reaction has become a habit.

worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us. It is wasted energy.

Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying? If then you're not able to do even a little thing, why worry about the rest? Luke 12:25—26

When we become psychologically dependent upon crisis, it actually becomes our life motivator, and if we don't have a present crisis, we'll learn to create one.

Though we have less to worry about than previous generations, we have more worry. Though we have it easier than our forefathers, we have more uneasiness. Though we have less real cause for anxiety than our predecessors, we are inwardly more anxious.

Is it any wonder that fear and anxiety have become the hallmarks of our age?

Few people know how to rest these days. Even on vacation, many people rush to cram in as much as they can before returning to their jobs, where they spend twice as much energy catching up on the work and mail that has piled up in their absence. Many of us need vacations just to rest from our vacations! Perhaps we have been looking for rest in the wrong places.

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.

She said swearing shows a lack of creativity. I'm not so sure. When things get really tough, I can get pretty creative with my cussing.