Anti-Stress Tissues

Worry is rust upon the blade. - Henry Ward Hughes

Adversity makes men think of God. - Livy

Adversity is the first path to truth. - Lord Byron

Adversity introduces a man to himself. - Unknown

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. - Swedish Proverb

Pessimism is the triumph of worry over matter. - Unknown

Prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them. - Publilius Syrus

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue. - Francis Bacon

Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. - Steven Wright

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about. - Christopher Walken

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. - Sam Kinison

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon. - John Madden

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet

Reality: The leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. - Lily Tomlin

When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about. - Edward Abbey

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. - J. Churton Collins

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. - Plutarch

The visionary leader is an optimist, for no pessimist ever made a great leader. - William W Francis

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill

There is not enough time in life to worry about there being enough time in life. - Atticus

Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have no time for the pitiful. - Sean O'Faolain

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure. - H Jackson Brown, Jr.

Stress is your body's way of saying you haven't worked enough unpaid overtime. - Scott Adams

I worry about scientists discovering someday that lettuce has been fattening all along. - Erma Bombeck

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty;
In time of adversity not one in twenty. - English Proverb

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. - Robert G. Ingersoll

People don't really know whether they are committed to something until they face adversity. - John C Maxwell

Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. - Unknown

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sail. - John C Maxwell

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Cabell

Even in the midst of life's adversity, struggle or strife, love's enduring presence remains steadfast. - Eleesha

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. - Robert Frost

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. - Bill Vaughan

Teach your daughter to worry less about fitting into the glass slippers and more about shattering the glass ceilings. - Unknown

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. - C S Lewis

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. - Samuel Daniel

To the optimist, the glass is half-full. To the pessimist, the glass is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. - Unknown

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. - Dale Carnegie

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry. - Harvey Mackay