Top 45 Pressured Quotes

We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don’t have enough foster parents.

I never allow myself to be pressured.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

For me I normally rise up to a Paralympics, I love those pressured environments.

For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I’m not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it’s because somebody told you that you needed to be better.

I work and come home and just have a type of normal home life. It’s what I’ve always wanted. I’ve never felt like I’m pressured into doing something and that I’ve got loads of responsibility.

You go through every single inch of the emotional spectrum on fight week. You’re the most stressed out you’ve ever been, you’re the most pressured you’ve ever been, you’re the happiest you’ve ever been – it’s hard. It’s exhausting.

I don’t think you should feel too pressured about a mixtape. Just do what you want to do and show the music you want to show. You’re not trying to win something big with it.

Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society.

It’s natural for me to step into the studio and come out with a country, rock, or trap song. I’d feel pressured if I was focused on making songs that gave me high streams or something, but I don’t think about those kinds of things.

There are many families that want to raise kids on one income, or one income and some part-time work, and instead find themselves pressured, financially and culturally, to keep up with the dual-earning Smith-Joneses next door.

I don’t really think I feel pressured to become a teen sensation because that’s not really my goal in life. It’s not really about being star, being popular or having lots of girls. It’s really about continuing to be able to act and have fun, and do what I like to do.

More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you’re working, and I find that a real violation.

I hate being pressured. I hate when someone gets in my personal area. That’s why I do it to everybody else.

I think Floyd got pressured by the press and I think that he knows the first fight was close so he’s giving me the rematch. And I have to take full advantage.

I was never directly pressured by peers, but by surrounding myself with others who were experimenting with smoking provided a certain false comfort.

My parents never pressured us. I didn’t even know how good my mom and dad were until someone told us.

After World War II, there were a lot of pension funds in Europe that were fully funded, but they were pressured to hold a lot of government debt. There was a lot of inflation, and the value of all those assets fell. Those pension funds couldn’t honor their promises to the people.

‘What is your desired salary?’ The unwritten rule when it comes to salary is this: whoever proposes a number first loses. When you interview, you should never feel pressured to answer this question. Simply let your interviewer know that the most important thing to you is how well you fit the position.

Pressure is an emotional paralysis. It’s hard enough to do the dishes when you’re feeling pressured, let alone make a movie.

I don’t think anyone will believe me, but I’ve never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

We need to achieve a change in the media and in the way women are pressured to conform to a narrow image of beauty – it’s a lofty ambition but it’s important to make a start.

As entrepreneurs, we often get pressured into hiring an industry executive. While it’s good to hire people with experience, it can also be a stumbling block because they think about the business the same way everyone else does.

You know, I’m just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don’t feel pressured to be otherwise.

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

Despite my divorces, I still believe in marriage, and I have believed in all my marriages, although maybe not the one with Sylvester Stallone, as I was really pressured to marry him.

Me and my dad used to go to these jam sessions and open mic nights, but I was always scared of singing on stage. It felt different to rapping – more pressured.

The script was focused on how Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi turned into the Mahatma. There was no room for many others who mattered in the making of India. There was no space for Subhas Chandra Bose or Rajaji that an Indian director might have been pressured to include. This process of elimination was necessary.

I’m sorry, I just don’t want to be a part of this conspiracy to make women feel pressured about their bodies.

I’ve been lucky to be able to make the records I’ve wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.

I often find there’s an equal benefit to being in a comfortable, well rested studio session, but also the more pressured headspace of being in an airport or working at 7 A.M., fresh from the club with the music still ringing in your ears.

A lot of people feel pressured by the outside influences, whether it’s your job, whether it’s school. But who says you can’t take care of that stuff and still be young?

It’s hard to always listen to your dad when you get older. You want to move on, but he has the knowledge. I think he did just the right amount of pushing me but also letting me do my thing, and just making sure that I always enjoyed the game, and I’m not feeling pressured.

I was so interested in makeup, but I was pressured to follow what my family and friends wanted me to do.

I think, forever, I was trying to figure out maybe… what I am. But I don’t think anyone should feel pressured to have any kind of label or tag on them. We should treat everybody the same… Me, I don’t like to be put down to a specific thing. We’re all human beings.

We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives.

I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.

Tinder makes it obvious that I’m not alone in being single and that there are plenty of single parents looking for a partner. A date not having the potential I’d hoped for is no longer a tragedy, and suddenly dating is fun again. I no longer feel pressured. I trust that someone, eventually, will like me for me.

My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.

I remember people – not my family – always asking, ‘Oh, so are you going to make movies when you’re older?’ I felt pressured, and that always kind of deterred me.

I do feel like young people feel pressured to be extraordinary in a new way. Of course everybody is extraordinary in their own special way… but not everybody has been an activist, or volunteered somewhere incredible, or has perfect scores. So it’s a lot of pressure to put on young people.

My entire life had been this long, pressured conversation about the family I represented. ‘When you walk out the door, you represent us. You have to dress well and make sure your hair is combed.’

And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of one or another administration. I deeply think that is a wrong explanation.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.