quotations about worry & worrying
The longer I have followed Jesus, the more I have experienced him lifting worry's weight from my soul. Increasingly, I view worry as a cue to pray, choosing to trust my Heavenly Father and to thank him.
GREG REYNOLDS
"Issues of Faith: No worries when experiencing God's Peace", Peninsula Daily News, March 3, 2017
Worry is like a rocking chair--it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.
KATIE DALE
Someone Else's Life
Worrying is designed to weaken us so that we don't overcome.
ANGELA NAYLOR
No One Sees My Pain
You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.
PAT SCHROEDER
attributed, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
Worry is an unproductive, useless form of fear, and that makes it, by definition, unhealthy.
MAXIE MAULTSBY JR.
Ebony, February 1981
What worries you masters you.
HADDON W. ROBINSON
attributed, Drawing Closer, Growing Stronger: Making the Most of Your Walk with God
Worrying is not fun; worrying is very draining. Ever notice how during and after you've worried over something, how very drained you feel both mentally and physically? Worrying is very detrimental to the human body. This is called stress, and stress will either mutate or kill the very cells of your physical body.
NATHAN WHITING
A Journey of Remembering: While Seeking the Ultimate Love
You're worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?
SHANNON CELEBI
Driving Off Bridges
When it comes to Mom, worry is my constant companion, with me like those belt beepers husbands used to wear when the birth was imminent.
PHIL GIANFICARO
"The forecast: Worry, 100 miles away", Burlington County Times, March 16, 2017
Worry is negative prayer, or prayer in reverse. It is a habit which is not to be taken lightly, for it is an evil one.
MARTHA LEMASTERS
"Worry is ingratitude to God in advance", Vero Beach Newsweekly, February 8, 2016
While many people think they are just worriers, they do not realize that they actually worry for a reason. Their worry is an attempt to protect themselves! If you're wondering how such a nagging, persistent, annoying, and sometimes distressing psychological state can be helpful, you're probably not alone. It turns out that worrying about something puts your mind into a negative state, but this helps, because when something negative does happen, you don't feel that much worse. You've already been feeling bad.
SRINI PILLAY
"Managing worry in generalized anxiety disorder", Harvard Health Publications, February 17, 2016
People believe that since they have worried about a particular thing that didn't happen, their worrying alone was like the magical ounce of prevention.
CHRIS BENSON
"Dr. Maxie Maultsby Says: Stop Worrying and Get On With Your Life", Ebony, February 1981
Worrying is not looking for a solution, but just reviewing the "problem" over and over.
MELVIN R. HALL
The Sky's the Limit: Go for the Gold!
Worry is our happiness-eater.
NIKKI GEMMELL
"Is it worth the worry?", The Australian, March 4, 2017
Stop worrying. Nobody gets out of this world alive.
CLIVE JAMES
attributed, Secrets of Resilient People: 50 Strategies to Be Strong
The idea that worrying is a fruitful endeavour is predictive of excessive worrying.
ERIC RASSIN
Thought Suppression
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
Worry is like a stream of fear trickling through man's mind, which if not controlled will flood and drown all other thoughts in the mind and overtakes the mind entirely.
PANO GEORGE KARKANIS
Thoughts for Meaningful Life
Worrying is exactly how you manifest what you don't want.
JAFREE OZWALD
The Manifesting Manual
What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?
DEAN KOONTZ
Odd Apocalypse