Quotes about Worry

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength (and joy).

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

There are times I forget to be grateful
easier to see things that are wrong
as I dishonor the the gifts I've been given
with worry, angst and woe.

There are times I need reminding
of the things I take for granted each day;
my children, my home or a stranger,
sent to brighten my way.

Take some time to say thank you
for the blessings that color your day;
Those colors will form a rainbow,
and chase the darkness away.

Marianne Goldweber

Worry is running a horror movie about the future - without a stop button.

If you're inclined to worry, society sure has given you a good selection.

Some people say global warming and ozone depletion will kill us. But I`m far more worried about the people who have made it their sworn duty to keep us all alive.

It's easy to believe that toxins are assaulting us on all fronts, but the worst toxins are often within.  Worry is a toxin, envy is a toxin, self-loathing and fear and free-floating anxiety are all poisonous to our health.

I have all the time in the world to worry about death when I am dead.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

I looked at the ceiling and wished this life was over.  This unhappy life that had started out so confidently.  I thought I would sleep no more that night but eventually I did.  In the end we always wear out our worries.That's what Wireman says.  (as the character Edgar from 'Duma Key')

"When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought i would knock everything over, nothing much happened at all." (written from perspective of the character Cecilia in The Patron Saint of Liars)

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Don't worry 'bout a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.

Our physical organs (and this cannot be too often repeated) are animal forces, which will quite naturally obey a man who is prepared to command them.  They are there to serve him, not to enslave him.  But the ego is so lazy that it makes him quite glad to abdicate this power in return for the secret satisfaction of pitying his own sufferings, or attracting attention to his pathetic case.  Most of our pathological conditions are aggravated by this unconfessed indulgence.  The same applies to our personal dramas and daily worries; we should have the courage to admit that they feed largely on the pity of others, and on our own.  In most cases, what would be left of them if we passed them over in total silence?

The first thing to do is to break the circuit between bile and brain by resolutely turning one’s thoughts away from the vexatious subject.  This does not means finding convincing arguments, but simply breaking off the contact by, for example, forcing oneself to careful observation of some object or another.  When the train of thought has thus been redirected, a few moments of mediation will prevent the reaction of the bile from continuing.

            This small act of control has the highest importance, for it ensures that when the anarchistic Automaton attacks the conscious self, victory shall go to the latter.

The work of worrying – when it succeeds – is to rehearse what those dangers are, and reflect on ways to deal with them.  But worry doesn’t work all that well.  New solutions and fresh ways of seeing a problem do not typically come from worrying, especially chronic worry.  Instead of coming up with solutions to these potential problems, worriers typically ruminate on the danger itself, immersing themselves in a low-key way in the dread associated with it while staying in the same rut of thought.  Chronic worriers worry about a wide range of things, most of which have almost no chance of happening; they read dangers into life’s journey that others never notice.

If a problem can be solved, there is nothing to worry about. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.

If you worry you die, if you don't worry you die, so why worry?

When there is a storm in your life, it is not the time to build. No creature on earth tries to build during a storm. Conserve your energy until the storm passes.    

The dance floor of life is filled with joy for everyone except for those who forget that it is better to dance by yourself than to dance with a partner who always criticizes your step.    

You would not go into an apple orchard and eat the weeds so why would you go into your day and feast on worries?

By saying not to worry he says something worrisome.

Worry is a complete circle of inefficient thought whirling about a pivot of fear.  To avoid it, consider whether the problem in hand is your business.  If it is not, turn to something that is.  If it is your business, decide if it is your business now.  If so, decide what is best to be done about it.  If you know, get busy.  If you don't know, find out promptly.  Do these things; then rest your case on the determination that, no matter how hard things may turn out to be, you will amek the best of them - and more than that no man can do. 

Dr. Austen Fox Riggs

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength

Let Go & Let GOD!

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own. 

Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whomever or whatever he is clinging to. A warrior-hunter, on the other hand, knows he will lure game into his traps over and over again, so he doesn’t worry.

Said the river to the seeker, "Does one really have to fret about enlightenment? No matter which way I turn, I’m homeward bound."

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.