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Quotes on Stress Management to Relieve Stress and Learn Better Habits
How we feel affects us and those around us. We need to carve out time to relax and rejuvenate so we can better serve our families. Sometimes that may mean doing simple things like a deep breathing practice, going for a walk, or getting a drink of water.
When dealing with a lot of stress we might feel overwhelmed or experience burnout. To relieve copious amounts of stress we might have to re-evaluate our commitments, work on implementing better habits or routines, or maybe schedule an outing with our friends.
Whether you are dealing with a little stress, or overwhelmed with stress, these quotes on stress management will help you relax and give you new ideas on how to handle stress NOW and in the future so you can be your best self.
Quotes on Stress Management: Slow Down and Relax
If you are a busy mom, slowing down and relaxing can be difficult. But if we take the time to relax, and I mean really relax, we can replenish ourselves and have clarity and focus for the day ahead.
“It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing before making an important decision in your life.”
Paulo Coelho
“Studies have shown that those who take the time to smell the roses and view nature are able to lower their blood pressure and reduce their stress.”
Salma Stockdale, Communication Skills Stress Relief
“There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. “
James Carroll
“Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.”
William James
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”
Sydney J. Harris
“Every once in a while, do you just like to take your time with what you’re doing?”
Fred Rogers
“Relax. No one else knows what they’re doing either.”
Ricky Gervais
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. “
Lily Tomlin
“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.”
John De Paola
“It is fine to be committed to work, but our minds need time to recover and our bodies need to move.”
Annika Sorensen, Take Stress from Chaos to Calm
“You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.”
Wayne Dyer
“Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.”
Brian Tracy
“Stress and confusion come from being busy. Peace and clarity come from slowing down and stilling your waters.”
Maxime Lagacé
“Self-care is how you take your power back.”
–Lalah Delia
“Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.”
Eckhart Tolle
Quotes on Stress Management: How to Handle Stress
There are many ways we can practice stress management. What activities do you do for stress management? If you feel you are stressed out and your coping strategies are not working, try out new strategies and see what works best. What works well for someone else may not work best for you.
And remember just like any exercise, practice it regularly and long enough so that you can see the results.
If high-stress levels have become your norm, a simple meditation probably won’t melt all your stress away. However, adding a stress management or self-care regimen to your daily routine would be much more practical in managing stress.
If you are new to Best Self Mom, check out my Free 12-page Self-Care Kit for Stressed Moms. It provides a Brain Dump worksheet, Self-Care Check-In, and a When I feel Worried worksheet that are all great activities for relieving stress.
“Taking time to contemplate what you’re grateful for isn’t merely the “right” thing to do. It also improves your mood because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23 percent.”
Travis Bradberry
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
Lou Holtz
“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
“10% of our stress is due to what happens and 90% is due to how we think about what happens. Attitude is everything!”
Lynda Field
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.”
Chinese proverb
“If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it’s ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb your peace, and carry on.”
Germany Kent
“There’s a lot of stress… but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.”
Dan Brown
“When you learn and practice patience you don’t get as angry, stressed or overwhelmed. You are more in control of your emotions and in a better position to deal with difficult situations with ease and poise.”
Catherine Pulsifer, Patience Tested
“I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.”
Dylan Lauren
“Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff.”
“If you don’t want stress, detach yourself from the stressors”
Genica JC
“A great way to get rid of stress is, every once in a while, do something totally different and unexpected without any prior planning.”
Franklin Gillette
“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.”
Catherine Pulsifer
“It is best to look for ways to divert your attention away from issues that causes stress especially before going to sleep.”
Bogdan Ivanov, How To Be Super Productive
“Many adults find that downsizing is a great way to reduce stress.”
Beth Jones, Simple: 30 Ways to Declutter Your Life
“Prayer relieves the stress of perceived inactivity. Now that God has been given the task, you don’t have to worry about it any longer. God has his people on it. With less stress comes more strength.”
“A good cry can be a cleansing stress reliever.”
Penny Hunt
“In order to be stress free you will definitely have to work at it. It won’t come to you magically. It takes time to retrain your brain to deal with stress.”
Clair Atwell, Stressed Out?
Quotes on Stress Management: Guard Your Thoughts and Worries
Learn to let go of all your thoughts and worries that consume you. It is hard to be a present mom when we are stressed or overwhelmed. Here are a couple of quotes on stress management when it comes to how stress can be caused by the thoughts we hold.
“Remember 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.”
Andrew Bernstein
“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.”
Winston Churchill
“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.”
Catherine Pulsifer
Quotes on Stress Management: Breathe Deeply
Who knew that something as simple as taking some deep breaths can be so rejuvenating? I’ll be honest, just a couple of years ago, I did not. I am sure I had a few practices of deep breathing here and there, but it wasn’t until I was drowning in stress that I purposefully looked up a breathing meditation to help calm me down, and I felt so much better.
Since becoming more self-aware, I notice that when I am stressed, I tend to take very shallow breaths. Learn to be mindful of your breathing patterns. A breathing mediation like this one can help you learn how to take deep breaths.
“Reduce the stress levels in your life through relaxation techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and exercise. You’ll look and feel way better for it.”
Suzanne Somers
“Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.”
Natalie Goldberg
“Whenever you’re nervous or stressed, taking a deep breath does wonders. Taking a deep breath directly into your diaphragm or belly is even better.”
Bailey Jackson, How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”
Amit Ray
“We are not born with stress, it is created through the way we think, the way we live and the choices we make day to day. When we understand how to use our breath, we can manage stress and improve our quality of life, feel less fear, feel more joy and find an internal sense of peace in a very short period of time.”
Gregory Landsman, Stop Stress Fast
“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.”
Mandy Hale
Quotes on Stress Management: How Others Can Affect Our Stress
We don’t have to do it alone. Sometimes calling a friend and sharing your struggles is just what you need to soothe your soul and reduce stress.
Other people in our lives can be a source of stress and we might need to put boundaries in place.
And sometimes we can be the source of stress to others when we are carrying too much of a burden.
“Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don’t have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.”
Daisaku Ikeda
“If you share your problems you have support, keep them to yourself and you’re on your own which is one sure way to pile on the stress.”
Baz O’Brien, Stressed Out!
“We’ve all had stress creep up on us without even noticing it until we lost it on someone who didn’t deserve it, and then we realize that we probably should have checked in with ourselves a little earlier.”
Ariel Garten
Quotes on Stress Management: Laughter
When is the last time you laughed? And I’m not talking about a snicker, but a full-blown from your gut, make you cry, pee your pants kind of laugh?
Laughter can be an excellent way to reduce stress. The more serious life gets, the more likely this is just what you need.
Watch some AFV with the kids, do a silly dance for 30 seconds, or fake laugh until it’s real.
“Laughter is the only medicine, without side effects.”
Shannon L. Alder
“Laughter is a gift
It doesn’t mean your fit
But it will soften any tension
It could be consider stress prevention.”
Catherine Pulsifer, Laughter Is A Gift
“I learned about stress management from my kids. Every night after work, I drink some chocolate milk, eat sugary cereal straight from the box, then run around the house in my underwear screaming like a monkey.”
Randy Glasbergen
“Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after.”
Aloted Omoba, Super Working Mum
“Ten years from now you’ll laugh at whatever’s stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?”
Tony Robbins
“Studies show that the mere act of smiling reduces tension and stress, which basically allows you to concentrate better on the things you are doing.”
Ryan Cooper, Stop Being Lazy
Quotes on Stress Management: The Effects of Stress
Hopefully, you now feel some encouragement and inspiration for going forward with practicing stress management. I want to share with you a few more quotes on stress management to help drive your ‘why’ home.
Do you think reducing stress is important enough? Have you allowed too much stress to become a habit and way of living?
“Stress is extremely harmful to the body. Even mainstream medicine is recognizing how many diseases stress causes.”
Eckhart Tolle
“Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.”
Eckhart Tolle
“There is no such thing as a stress-free life. No evidence has ever been presented which suggests that a stress-free life can ever be achieved. Stress can be managed, relieved and lessened, but never eliminated.”
Gudjon Bergmann
“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
“Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don’t remember what life was like without it.”
Andrew J. Bernstein
“Meditation directly impacts our nervous system by reducing the body’s production of stress-related chemicals such as cortisol. It’s a great way to recharge our personal battery.”
Laurie Buchanan, PhD
Quotes on Stress Management: Wrap-Up
Too much stress can harm our health, well-being and relationships. Take a moment and slow down and bring yourself back into the present.
There are a variety of ways we can relieve stress including breathing, talking with a friend, and having a good laugh.
Find your favorite way to practice stress management and practice each day to reduce your stress levels.
Author: Tiphany Janik
Self-Care Coach For Moms
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11 Responses
So many quotes for managing stress. Love these!
Glad you enjoyed them Janice!
These are all excellent quotes. I really enjoyed and can relate to many of them. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you Betty!
Anything about stress management is so helpful.These quotes are really inspiring!
Glad you enjoyed them!
William James’ quote about stress being a habit was convicting! So were the ones about how it impacts your body! I just started learning about the stress cycle. About to read a book on ending the stress cycle. These are great convicting and motivational quotes on stress management!
Thank you Sarah!
These 57 best quotes for stress management are all spot on! I especially love, laughter is the best medicine, without side effects! That is so good!
Glad you enjoyed them!
I needed these right now! I’ve felt very overwhelmed lately due to an ongoing family situation which still has a way to go to resolution (and will likely be a source of ongoing stress). I’ve felt a bit helpless in the face of this as I have no control over the situation. The quotes have made me remember that much of my stress has been caused by how I think about things, however. And have also reminded me to breathe, go for a walk and have a laugh! Thanks for sharing these.