80 Stress Relief Quotes for Self Empowerment

Sometimes reading others words of wisdom can bring a sense of calmness like no other.

In particularly stressful times when you feel as if you have no control, having a quote that resonates with you helps to relieve stress and calm anxiety.

 

Below I have rounded up some of my favorite quotes on stress relief with a self empowerment viewpoint for stress relief.

 

 

1. Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere. - Erma Bombeck

 

2. Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward. – Brian Tracy

 

3. Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself the storm will pass. - Timber Hawkeye

 

4. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. - Dalai Lama XIV

 

5. Stress happens when something you care about is at stake. It’s not a sign to run away – it’s a sign to step forward. - Kelly McGonigal

 

6. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us – Ralph Emerson

 

7. Just as we nourish our bodies, we must nourish our souls – Lora DeVries

 

8. Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are. - Anonymous

 

9. Find your Zen Whatever that looks like for you– Lora DeVries

 

10. Be the Change you want to see in the World – Ghandi

 

11. Breath is the power behind all things…. I breathe in and know that good things will happen. —Tao Porchon-Lynch

 

12. Replace Fear of the Unknown with Curiosity – Penelope Ward

 

13. Connection is why we are all here – Brene Brown

 

14. Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center of meaningful human experiences – Brene Brown

 

15. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. - JK Rowling

 

16. This too shall pass. - Thibaut

 

 

17. Life is tough my darling, but so are you. - Stephanie Bennett Henry

 

18. Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. - Polly Berrien Berends

 

19. Don’t be afraid of being afraid – anonymous

 

20. We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. - Mother Teresa

 

21. You’ll make it to the other side, I promise"- Elizabeth Gilbert

 

22. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

 

23. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. - Maya Angelou

 

24. Courage is Contagious – Brene Brown

 

25. Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. —Thích Nhất Hạnh

 

26. Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. - Maya Angelou

 

27. I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. – Carl Jung

 

28. Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese proverb

 

29. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

 

30. Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’” – Audrey Hepburn

 

31. Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. – Carl Bard

 

32. We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. - Maya Angelou

 

 

33. It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela

 

34. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker

 

35. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller

 

36. In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”- Fred Rogers

 

37. Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. - Hermann Hesse

 

38. My body needs laughter as much as it needs tears. Both are cleansers of stress.  - Mahogany SilverRan

 

39. Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. - Bob Dylan

 

40. There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. —James Carroll

 

41. Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, by from wanting to control it – Kahili Gibran

 

42. Stress is caused by being ‘here' but wanting to be ‘there.'– Eckhart Tolle

 

43. You can’t always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside – Wayne Dyer

 

44. It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.- Bruce Lee

 

45. Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. – Hans Selye

 

46. For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. – Lily Tomlin

 

47. You are braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think – Christopher Robin

 

48. Breath is the power behind all things…. I breathe in and know that good things will happen. – Tao Porchon-Lynch

 

49. Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.– Leo F. Buscaglia

 

50. I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.– Steve Maraboli

 

51. These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb. - Najwa Zebian

 

52. Give your stress wings and let it fly away. – Terri Guillemets

 

53. Times of stress are also times that are signals for growth, and if we use adversity properly, we can grow through adversity.– Abraham Twerski

 

54. If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago. - E. Joseph Cossman

 

55. Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.- Tilopa

 

56. Trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it. – Oprah

 

57. Today I refuse to stress myself out about things I cannot control or change. - Mel Robbins

 

58. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. - Eckhart Tolle

 

59. You may have a million desires to be in other places, doing other things, but you are not there, you are here. - Zen proverb

 

60. The anxiety of worry is almost always worse than the actual consequences. Stop worrying and start doing. - James Clear

 

61. Make peace with the present moment. - Eckhart Tolle

 

62. Tomorrow is overrated. Today is underrated. - Thibaut

 

63. Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace. - Joan Borysenko

 

64. It is not external events themselves that cause us distress, but the way in which we think about them…It is our attitudes and reactions that give us trouble. We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.- Epictetus

 

65. Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. – Renee Jain

 

66. If you feel lost… sit down, close your eyes, breathe, put your hands on your heart, repeat forever.- Courtney Carver

 

67. Stress exists only in your mind. Peace exists only in the acceptance of the present moment.- Maxime Lagacé

 

68. How do you beat your inner turmoil? You can’t beat it, you can only stop creating it. - Thibaut

 

69. Flow with whatever happens and let your mind be free. - Zhuangzi

 

70. The world is ruled by letting things take their course. - Lao Tzu

 

71. The river becomes calm when it reaches the ocean. Find your ocean each day. - Maxime Lagacé

 

72. Being scared isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign something matters. - Shane Parrish

 

73. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James

 

74. Worry is the misuse of intelligence. - Thibaut

 

75. We can’t control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what’s happening. That awareness can be our refuge. - Sharon Salzberg

 

76. It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free. - Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

 

77. Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not. - Valerie Bertinelli

 

78. Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out. - Norman Vincent Peale

 

79. Remember, most of your stress comes from the way you respond, not the way life is. Adjust your attitude, and all that extra stress is gone. – Anonymous

 

80. Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. - Dalai Lama

 

 

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