25 of the best Mindfulness Quotes

How are you handling stress?  Are you involved in any stress management activities?   Lee Iacocca once said, “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”

Stress can be exhausting.

Have you come across any great tip to relieve stress?  Here are a few quotes to consider.

Stress Quotes

• Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. -Hans Selye
• God will never give you anything you can’t handle, so don’t stress. – Kelly Clarkson
• The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James
• Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. – Hans Selye
• Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started. – David Allen
• Stress: The confusion created when one’s mind overrides the body’s basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some jerk who desperately deserves it. – Unknown
• The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. – William James
• There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mohandas K. Gandhi
• Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow. – Douglas Pagels
• There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. – Peter Drucker
• Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.- Astrid Alauda
• One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. – Bertrand Russell
• Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply? – Carrie Latet
• No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

Prayer and Stress Meditation

Prayer has power over stress and anxiety.  Max Lucado said, “No one can pray and worry at the same time.”

• Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke fits perfectly, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT)
• “I am leaving you with a gift–peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27 (NLT)
• Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (ESV)
• “I will lie down in peace and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe.” Psalm 4:8 (NLT)
• You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:3–4 (ESV)

Do you have any Bible verses for helping with stress? Do you have a plan for workplace stress management?  How are you dealing with stresses at home?  Do you have a plan for working stresses out in your congregation?

Please feel free to share any great quote you have discovered in dealing with stress.

Dale Roach