20. “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
21. “It’s a good idea to always do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.” – Paulo Coelho
22. “It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” – Hans Selye
23. “Remember that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what’s going on in your life.” – Andrew Bernstein
24. “If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved then worrying will do you no good.” – Shantideva
25. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
26. “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” – Henry Ward Beecher
27. “Breath is the power behind all things…. I breathe in and know that good things will happen.” —Tao Porchon-Lynch
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28. “Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” – Winnie the Pooh
29. “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” – Robert Eliot
30. “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill
31. “The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. The calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.” —James Allen
32. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” —Oprah Winfrey
33. “In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
34. “The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down, was the day she began to shine the brightest.” —Katrina Mayer
35. “Give your stress wings and let it fly away.” —Terri Guillemets
36. “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” —Robert Eliot
37. “Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.” —Ziggy Marley
38. “Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.” —Mikhail Lermontov
39. “Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.” —Brian Tracy
40. “Understand this and be free: we are not in our bodies; our bodies are inside us.” —Sean A. Mulvihill
41. “Don’t try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers every day without forcing their buds.” —Osho
42. “Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.” —Tsoknyi Rinpoche
43. “Calmness is the cradle of power.” —Josiah Gilbert Holland
44. “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” —Hermann Hesse
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