WORRY QUOTES
quotations about worry & worrying
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
BIBLE
Matthew 6:27
Worry is a form of friction. The task of the expert in life is to run his machine with the maximum of activity and the minimum of friction. If he stops or slows the machine because he cannot otherwise deal with the friction, then life has beaten him.
ARNOLD BENNETT
How to Make the Best of Life
You worry too much. Eat some bacon.
JUSTIN HALPERN
Sh*t My Dad Says
People ... believe that worrying is a useful way of appraising and coping with threats in life. And so they look for and examine all possible signs of danger--that is, they worry constantly.
RONALD J. COMER
Abnormal Psychology
Worry was my mother's mechanic, her mechanism for engaging with the machinery of living. Worry was an anchor for her, a hook, something to clutch on to in the world. Worry was a box to live inside of, worry a mechanism for evading the present, for re-creating the past, for dealing with the future.
CHARLES YU
How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
SWEDISH PROVERB
Worry ducks when purpose flies overhead.
TERRI GUILLEMETS
attributed, Inspirational Quotes for All Occasions
Worry is rust upon the blade.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Life Thoughts
Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.
VICKI BAUM
And Life Goes On
Worry is the child of Fear -- if you kill out Fear, Worry will die for want of nourishment.
WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON
Thought Vibration
One of the worst things about worrying is that it invades your everyday life. So, let me introduce you to "worry time". This means having a designated time slot -- say 30 minutes a day -- that you reserve for worrying, keeping your anxious thoughts contained there. If you find yourself worrying at any other time, write down the worry and postpone thinking about it until your allocated worry slot.
CHLOE BROTHERIDGE
"How to beat anxiety", Daily Mail, March 31, 2017
Worrying is a vicious circle, as it just makes us feel more wound up and anxious. It puts us in a bad mood and drains us of energy. Most of the things we worry about never happen, or are not as bad as we thought they would be. Even when things turn out for the worst, worrying has rarely helped to achieve anything, and may even leave us feeling less able to cope when it happens.
SARAH MCNAMARA
Helping Young People to Beat Stress
Worry is like a squatter: it sneaks in and tries to stay without paying rent! Serve it eviction papers!
EVINDA LEPINS
Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power
Worriers visualize the penalties of failure; winners visualize the rewards of success.
DAN ZADRA
How to Beat the Jitters
The bridges you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.
GENE BROWN
attributed, Worth Repeating
Worry is the most popular form of suicide. Worry impairs appetite, disturbs sleep, makes respiration irregular, spoils digestion, irritates disposition, warps character, weakens mind, stimulates disease, and saps bodily health. It is the real cause of death in thousands of instances where some other disease is named on the death certificate.
WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN
The Improvement Era, vol. 11, 1908
It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains!
ALICE CALDWELL RICE
attributed, Words from the Wise
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
CORRIE TEN BOOM
Clippings from My Notebook
Worry comes from the belief you are powerless.
ROBERT ANTHONY
Think Big
Worry is ... civilized people's form of voodoo. It's really a socially-approved form of magic.... In your mind, you create the illusion that worrying is what protects you.
MAXIE MAULTSBY
"Dr. Maxie Maultsby Says: Stop Worrying and Get On With Your Life", Ebony, February 1981