Gabrielle Bernstein Quotes

If leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

Fear is always there; it's a survival instinct. You just need to know how to manage it.

When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be.

I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.

No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.

Make the decision and say, "I'm not letting that worry in. I'm done being upset when my plans don't work out. I'm not letting that stress in." Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don't have to let them into your spirit.

I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days.

Going ahead in the midst of the stressful circumstances and giving thanks in that moment - you can't simultaneously feel stress and gratitude at the same time. So as a parent, to go ahead and start to give thanks to God resets the whole family.

Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.

I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I'm perceived. You'll go crazy otherwise.

I'm tired of being scared, and I know you are too. Not that there isn't alot to be scared of in this world today, between the non-stop headlines about wars and nuclear power plants and terrorists and assasinations and civil unrest and economic uncertainty and political doublespeak and insane weather and an environment that's becoming unhealthier by the day. But a point comes when it's too much to deal with, and thinking about it accomplishes nothing more than sending you to bed with a cold cloth on your head.

Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.

It's kind of a little fly-on-the-wall look at these people trying to stay sane.

For me, makeup is about being your best self. If I wake up in a foul mood and have to deal with temper tantrums and an exploding diaper--I know taking 10 minutes to get my game face on will reset my stress levels. It's a chance to check in and remind myself--you got this.

I'll tell you how I handle stress. I say-This too shall pass. You've got to try to stay cool and admit when you're wrong, and tell them when you're right.

More important, you have to stay happy and positive or the stress will kill you - but at least it will make you skinny

When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

While you're in the moment of anything that's confusing in your life, you're in the moment, and you have to figure it out. You can go up or down. And I just kept working on the higher road, and trying. I got very involved with medication.

Fear will always knock on your door. Just don't invite it in for dinner. And for heaven's sake, don't offer it a bed for the night.

For my mind, I try to reduce stress by finding quiet time and meditating.

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

I myself become terrified of death when I am in a negative state of mind. But the thought of death ceases to bother me once I become productive.

It's all matter of attitude. You could let a lot of things bother you if you wanted to But it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.

You see, Momo... it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept... And then you hurry. You work faster and faster, and every time you look up there seems to be just as much to sweep as before, and you try even harder…, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and have to stop-and still the street stretches away in from of you.