Hans Selye on creativity
Hans Selye27 quotes“Stress is not necessarily something bad it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating, creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental.”
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Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
Hans SelyeHans Selye To be totally without stress is to be dead.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Indeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
Hans SelyeHans Selye To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Stress is the spice of life.
Hans SelyeHans Selye The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body’s resistance.
Hans SelyeHans Selye My advice to any young person at the beginning of their career is to try to look for the mere outlines of big things with their fresh, untrained and unprejudiced mind.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
Hans SelyeHans Selye Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?
Hans SelyeHans Selye Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
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