Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
HANS SELYEEven after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
HANS SELYEThe 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.
HANS SELYEEvery stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
HANS SELYEAdopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
HANS SELYEThe healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
HANS SELYEIf you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions .
HANS SELYEUnlock your natural drives by doing what you enjoy.
HANS SELYETo remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
HANS SELYEGratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.
HANS SELYEStress 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.
HANS SELYEStress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
HANS SELYETo be totally without stress is to be dead.
HANS SELYEMy 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 SELYEIndeed, 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 SELYELeaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.
HANS SELYEComplete freedom from stress is death.
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