When school ends, a whole new slew of stressors often come our way. Summer jobs, unpaid internships, time away from friends, family, and loved ones can all induce stress, even during the precious few weeks away from school. Below are twenty quotes about stress from numerous authors, famous speakers, and other individuals that spoke and wrote in a way that articulated how so many people often feel about stress and how they could try to cope with it.
1. "You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles." C. JoyBell C.
2. "A diamond is a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptional well." Unknown
3. "Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it ." Kahlil Gibran
4." Life is tough, my darling, but so are you." Stephanie Bennett Henry
5. "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over the other." William James
6. "Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere." English proverb
7. "Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure everything out at once. Breathe. You're strong. You got this. Take this day by day." Karen Salmansohn
8. "If it can be solved there is no need to worry, and if it can't be solved worry is of no use." Dalai Lama
9. "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay it's not the end." Unknown
10. "Life is too short to stress about people who don't deserve room in your heart." Karen Salmansohn
11. "Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion." Simon Sinek
12. "You either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice doesn't belong to fate it belongs to you." Josh Shipp
13. "Saying yes to happiness means saying no to the things and people that stress you out." Thema Davis
14. "Slow down and enjoy yourself a little more, don't be so serious. Life is not a race." Christian Lemieux
15. "Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know." Pema Chodron
16. "Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the breath we take between two deep breaths." Etty Hillesum
17. "Hold the vision, trust the process." Author unknown.
18. "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." Henry Ford
19. "The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances." Andrew Bernstein
20. "Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better." Walt Disney
It's summer. Breathe in and breathe out. Do not let your level of stress be controlled by other people or your own emotions. Find a way to decompress and process whatever might be stirring worry and anxiety and name it for what it is and decide how you will handle that particular issue.
