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.
HANS SELYEAs much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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To be totally without stress is to be dead.
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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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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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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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Stress is the spice of life.
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To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
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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.
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Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
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Complete freedom from stress is death.
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Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
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Unlock your natural drives by doing what you enjoy.
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Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
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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.
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The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
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