WORRY QUOTES V

quotations about worry & worrying

Worry is fear in search of a cause.

JEFF PEPPER

Daily Triumph


Don't be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense.

BRUCE LEE

Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Tags: Bruce Lee


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


All humans worry. If we didn't worry, we might take dangerous risks and pay a steep price. Worrying is normal in our lives and has an important function. However, worrying becomes a problem when you do it too often and for no good reason.

FRANK KOLLAR

"In Trading, Expectation Can Be a Dangerous Word", MoneyShow, February 19, 2016


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

CHARLES H. MAYO

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


Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.

ANNA ROBERTSON BROWN

What is Worth While?


Worrying is a waste of our time. Period. If we are worrying, then we are not doing anything about anything.

JANICE CORSANO

This Is Only a Dream!: When You Die You Wake Up


Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

KEITH CASERTA

Soul Searching


Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

CHARLES W. MAYO

attributed, Nols Wilderness Wisdom: Quotes for Inspirational Exploration


People who are prone to worrying are soft-wired to pay attention to threatening news, thereby building up a library of evidence in their brains that worrying is necessary. Think about it. On any given day, there are so many threatening things happening in the world -- anything from new viruses, terrorist attacks, or political conflicts to a hostile email or upcoming storm are all real events. Yet, if you only pay attention to the threats, you have no space left in your brain to process anything else. Threat becomes your reality, and worry becomes your justifiable response. Anyone telling you to give up your worry will sound out of touch, to say the least.

SRINI PILLAY

"Managing worry in generalized anxiety disorder", Harvard Health Publications, February 17, 2016


It helps to know what the things are that tend to trigger your worries and write that down. But actually writing out your worries or talking out your worries is pretty much the same as worrying.

MICHELLE NEWMAN

"In Times Of Change, How To Deal With The Daily Wave Of Worry", WBUR, March 28, 2017


Worry in the dark can make it even darker.

CAMRON WRIGHT

The Rent Collector


Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend.... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear.

JOHN ORTBERG, JR.

The Me I Want to Be


Worrying ... is always useless. It is a form of inner considering--i.e. of identifying. It is a continual mixing up of negative imagination with a few facts and so makes only wrong connections.

MAURICE NICOLL

Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky


People who believe that worry is uncontrollable rarely get the signal to stop worrying.

BRUCE FERNIE & GABRIELLE MURPHY

Coping Better with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/myalgic Encephalomyelitis


Worms eat you when you're dead; worries eat you when you're alive.

JEWISH PROVERB


What's the use of worrying?
It never was worth while,
So, pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile.

GEORGE ASAF

"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-bag"


If something worries you, check it out. Do what you can, take care of what you can, and then let it go. At this point, having done all you can, worrying about the issue doesn't do you any good. You could be using that energy in other ways to help you feel better.

JANICE CORSANO

This Is Only a Dream!: When You Die You Wake Up


Worrying is holding on to problems without seeking help.

MELVIN R. HALL

The Sky's the Limit: Go for the Gold!