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Stress is the spice of life.

Hans Selye

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
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body’s resistance.
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Ability Body Dangerous Man Resistance
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
The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
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Emotion Gratitude Health Human
As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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Approval Thirst
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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Old Organism Play Scars Stress Survive
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions .
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Contribution Focus Life Live
To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
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Dreams Greatness Inspirational True Yourself
The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement.
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Amazement Faculty Lose Science True
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
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Kill Ourselves Reaction Stress
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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Adopt Attitude Negative Oneself Positive Right Stress
To be totally without stress is to be dead.
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Death Stress
The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.
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Best Build Drive Necessary Race
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
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

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