WORRY QUOTES IV

quotations about worry & worrying

Worry is nothing but the bad habit of thinking about what you DON'T want to happen. It's a misuse of your most precious power -- the imagination.

DAN ZADRA

How to Beat the Jitters


The first thing you have to realize about worrying is that it is a choice, not an inevitability. Some people think that worry comes naturally when you have problems. That's not true. You worry because you choose to be worried.

ANTHONY JOSHUA

Overcoming Anxiety: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living


Stop worrying. Please. Because I suspect it's white-anting your serenity, crashing into your life too much.

NIKKI GEMMELL

"Is it worth the worry?", The Australian, March 4, 2017


My worrying is misguided in that it only serves to frighten me, make me afraid of the unknown and cause me to take a very cynical view that nothing will ever change. When these feelings and emotions begin to arouse, I have learned to begin to channel and redirect them into the places where I can have significant impact.

ZACHARY ALMAGUER

"Can we work together to fix our country?", The Spectrum, March 17, 2017


That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.

CHINESE PROVERB

Tags: Chinese proverbs


Worrying is good when it gets you to do things -- hold peace talks, build flood barriers, lock the back door, teach children road drill. But when you can't do anything then it's just destructive. The trick is to learn the difference between the two.

SHARON GRIFFITHS

"It's worrying to hear we regret our time worrying", Eastern Daily Press, February 22, 2016


Do not worry at being worried; but accept worry peacefully. Difficult but not impossible.

JOHN CHAPMAN

Spiritual Letters


We are, perhaps uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. We deserve a better press, in my view.

LEWIS THOMAS

The Medusa and the Snail


The first essential component of worry is a future orientation. In other words, when you worry you invariably focus on something that might happen but hasn't happened yet. This notion might seem a bit controversial. In fact, you might even disagree with it. You might argue that you worry about things that are happening now, not in the future. A closer look, though, reveals the truth--worry is like a haunted crystal ball, tormenting you with a terrifying view of the future.

KEVIN L. GYOERKOE & PAMELA S. WIEGARTZ

10 Simple Solutions to Worry


Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

MARCUS AURELIUS

Meditations

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Worry is a fidgety girl who can't do things right. In the morning she dresses herself but the clothes don't fit. Worry is slim. Worry is fat. Worry is never what she wants to be.

EILEEN CURTEIS

Reiki: A Spiritual Doorway to Natural Healing


If the worry is reasonable, do something about it. If it's irrational or out of your control, recognize that.

ERIC BARKER

"Ancient wisdom: How the Buddhists and Stoics stay emotionally strong", The Week, March 30, 2017


Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

ANNA ROBERTSON BROWN

What is Worth While?


Action is worry's worst enemy.

AMERICAN PROVERB


Excessive worrying is like walking through a foggy street at night; you have no idea what lies ahead and the darkness and dampness create a sense of dread that is difficult to ignore. The actual landscape is easy to navigate, but because you chose to walk into the foggy portion of the street, you won't be able to see anything clearly.

ANTHONY JOSHUA

Overcoming Anxiety: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living


People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching a cold.

JOHN JAY CHAPMAN

attributed, Words from the Wise


Worry affects the circulation, the glands, the whole nervous system.

CHARLES H. MAYO

attributed, Words of Wellness: A Treasury of Quotations for Well-Being


Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.

ROBERT S. ELIOT

attributed, Words of Wellness: A Treasury of Quotations for Well-Being


One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all these vague imaginings and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem.

WILLIS H. CARRIER

attributed, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living


I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay."

HARRY S. TRUMAN

attributed, Mr. President

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