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Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

Hans Selye

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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Approval Thirst
The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
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Emotion Gratitude Health Human
Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.
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Follow Leadership Loyalty Respect
Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?
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Enjoyment Errors Life Mistake
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
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Kill Ourselves Reaction Stress
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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Bad Creativity Failure Infection Necessary Stress
Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
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Avoid Exercise Food Man Stress Try
To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
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Goal Health Proud Purpose Respect Work
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.
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Assumption Attack Faith Goodness Kind Offering Policy Purpose
Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.
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Conscious Erase Oneself Pleasant
Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.
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Emotion Gratitude Human Important
Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.
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Attitude Energy Gratitude Person Test
To be totally without stress is to be dead.
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Death Stress
The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.
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Basic Element Herself Research Smile
Stress is the spice of life.
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Life Spice Stress
The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.
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Best Build Drive Necessary Race

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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