WORRY QUOTES VIII

quotations about worry & worrying

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


Anyone who knows how to worry knows how to meditate. Worriers are skilled in the meditation process but are meditating on the wrong kind of thoughts.

JIM BERG

Changed Into His Image: God's Plan for Transforming Your Life


Worry is forethought gone to seed.

WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN

The Improvement Era, vol. 11, 1908


It is just a fact of modern life that worries are becoming about as certain as death and taxes--and a lot of people are worried about them, too. Curiously, though, worry is an unnecessary emotional pain which everyone would be better off without and which is relatively simple to avoid.

CHRIS BENSON

"Dr. Maxie Maultsby Says: Stop Worrying and Get On With Your Life", Ebony, February 1981


Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

IBN GABIROL

Mibhar HaPeninim


It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

GEORGE MACDONALD

The Vicar's Daughter

Tags: George MacDonald


Many of us worry about all kinds of things: Work, relationships, money, health. Some concerns are real, but many are unnecessary. No matter what kind of worry you have, the response in your body is always the same: It increases your cortisol levels. And an increased cortisol level is something you definitely do not want. Cortisol compromises your immune system. As a result, you will become more susceptible to disease. Researchers have also found a relationship between cortisol and diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease. Also, stress and fear can cause depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and burn-out. Let's face it: If you don't stop worrying, you will die. That's not me talking. That's your body talking.

DARIUS FOROUX

"If You Worry A Lot, You Need To Read This", Huffington Post, February 19, 2016


Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

attributed, Bite-size Ben Franklin: Wit & Wisdom from a Founding Father

Tags: Benjamin Franklin


Don't go looking for worry. It finds you on its own.

AUTUMN JORDAN

Perfect


Even if we can change some aspect of the things we worry about, worrying is not the way to do it.

MICHAEL OLPIN & MARGIE HESSON

Stress Management for Life: A Research-Based Experiential Approach


Worry is an intrusion into God's providence.

JOHN EDMUND HAGGAI

attributed, The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations


No amount of worrying is going to change the situation so it is not worth your time.

TANAAZ CHUBB

"7 Easy Ways To Make Your Life Less Stressful", Huffington Post, March 31, 2017


To worry is to miss the purpose of one's being: it is to fail--to fail for self, to fail for others, and it is to fail gratuitously.

CALEB WILLIAMS SALEEBY

Worry: The Disease of the Age


Worry is the admission of incompetence silently to oneself.

WILLIAM ESTABROOK CHANCELLOR

The Health of the Teacher


Many of us worry because we have problems we wish we could solve. Worrying itself doesn't solve those problems, although it can make us feel a little more prepared.

BETH SKWARECKI

"How to Worry Productively", Lifehacker Australia, March 20, 2017


Face it: Your brain can be a pretty crazy place. All kinds of things bounce around in there. And you're usually pretty good at culling the wacky thoughts. But then you get worried.... And your brain starts multiplying negative possibilities like crazy. And you make the mistake of taking them seriously. Every. Single. One.

ERIC BARKER

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


Worry: the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

GEORGE W. LYON

attributed, Phillips' Treasury of Humorous Quotations


Worry is common. Everybody worries once in a while when they're faced with a serious problem and aren't too sure of a solution. Worry itself becomes a problem if you worry constantly or if the worry causes more distress than resolution.

HOLLY HAZLETT-STEVENS

Women Who Worry Too Much


I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.

MARK TWAIN

Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend


How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, "Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?" To which the man responded, "That's your worry."

MAX LUCADO

Traveling Light