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Frustration is a universal human experience. Whether it’s a stalled project, an unmet goal, or just a bad day, frustration can wear us down. But it can also reveal resilience, perspective, and growth. These quotes explore the emotional spectrum of frustration with wisdom, humor, and insight.
Funny Quotes About Frustration, Stress, and Everyday Struggles
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
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“Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated. Frustrated babies tend to throw food and make a mess. Frustrated citizens tend to execute kings and queens and make a democracy. And frustrated moths tend to bang up against lightbulbs and make light fixtures all dusty.”
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“The saying “Life is just one damn thing after another,” is a gross overstatement. The damn things overlap.”
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“What is it about men, anyway? You can’t live with ’em and the law frowns on neutering them. It’s not exactly a win-win situation.”
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“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.”
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“Stress level: extreme. It’s like she was a jar with the lid screwed on too tight, and inside the jar were pickles, angry pickles, and they were fermenting, and about to explode.”
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Quotes About Overcoming Frustration in Daily Life
“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.”
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“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”
― Sydney J. Harris
“And I got out of there without punching anyone, kicking anyone, or breaking down in tears. Some days the small victories are all you achieve.”
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“If you’re at the end of your rope… untie the knot in your heart.”
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“Every kid needs one place they can escape to when life gets to be too much.”
― Starfish
“Then for no reason and for every reason, she burst into tears.”
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Insightful Quotes About the Cause of Frustration and Stress
“Stress is the trash of modern life–we all generate it, but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.”
— Danzae Pace
“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”
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“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances.”
― Andrew Bernstein
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
― William James
“You’re frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds.”
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“It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.”
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“Better thinking out loud than suffocating from frustration. (“The upper lip must never tremble” )”
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“There is a fine line between challenging yourself and overwhelming yourself.”
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“When you can’t cope with change, you feel overwhelmed, and you look for a simple solution.”
― Klaus Schwab
“With a certain frustration I knew I spoke too soon, too urgently. I wanted to get out of the way the things I knew to say, wanted to say, the things I’d been thinking, all in the hope of moving into the unforeseen.”
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Quotes About Feeling Stuck, Powerless, or Pressured
“My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused.”
― Ashton Eaton
“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”
― New Spring
“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.”
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“No one expects perfection, except when they do, which is always.”
“I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.”
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“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.”
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Encouraging Quotes for Turning Stress and Frustration Into Growth
“Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.”
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“There are moments of frustration in life. You must build good relations to support you in these moments. You must also learn to encourage yourself and decide to stay determined in life.”
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“It is okay of airing out your frustration, just don’t dwell on them. Find out the cause and find a solution of getting rid of it. If you can’t have the solution much as well accept it.”
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“Burnout is not just about being too busy or feeling overwhelmed…It’s feeling like your work has no purpose and you don’t have support.”
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“The risks of the conflict never overwhelmed me, only the fear of marginalization.”
“If you ever feel overwhelmed, take on another project.”
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“I am overwhelmed by the love showered on me by my fans.”
― The Great Khali
“Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle.”
― Bill Phillips
“Calmness is the cradle of power.”
― Josiah Gilbert Holland
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.”
― Bryant McGill
“One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.”
― Jackie Kennedy
“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.”
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“A good way to overcome stress is to help others out of theirs.”
― Dada J. P. Vaswani
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
― Elbert Hubbard