25 Quotes To Help You Instantly Stress Less

“Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace”

Stress is not something we plan for or welcome into our lives with open arms. Life is unexpected that way, and stress can hit us at anytime. Sometimes it feels like it’s building and there’s no way to control it. 

With practice, stressful thoughts can be challenged to help you see the positive side of things. You can learn to notice your physical and mental reaction to stress and beat it before it gets worse.   

When it feels like stress is getting the best of you and you can’t find your peaceful place, read through 25 quotes to help you stress less and find some inspiration. 

1. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” -William James **(My favorite)

2.“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” — John Lennon

3. “It’s not stress that kills us, it’s our reaction to it.” -Hans Selye

4. “Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.” -Kimberly Jones

5. “Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.”  – Walter Anderson

6. “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” -Dan Millman

7. “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”  – Robin Williams

8. “Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.” – Astrid Alauda

9. “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” -Roy T. Bennett

10. “One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”  -Joubert Botha

11. “When we give ourselves compassion, we are opening our hearts in a way that can transform our lives.” — Kristin Neff

12. “Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.” –Eckhart Tolle

13. “Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.” –Mark Black

14. “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” —Maya Angelou

15. ”If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sun beams and you will always look lovely” — Roald Dahl

16. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”    -Amit Ray           

17. ”It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lou Holtz

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

19. ”Instead of wondering WHY this is happening to you, consider why this is happening to YOU.” – Dalai Lama

20. ”Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”- Jim Rohn

21. ”Happiness cannot be travel to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”- Denis Waitley 

22. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” -J.J. Marine

23. “Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” ― Robert T. Kiyosaki

24. “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”– Mahatma Gandhi

25. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Bernard M. Maruch

These quotes are carefully picked and special to me. Please share some quotes you find stress relieving and inspirational.