quotations about worry & worrying
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 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
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
GEORGE MACDONALD
The Vicar's Daughter
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 over what has not occurred is a serious malady.
IBN GABIROL
Mibhar HaPeninim
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
Worry is an intrusion into God's providence.
JOHN EDMUND HAGGAI
attributed, The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations
Don't go looking for worry. It finds you on its own.
AUTUMN JORDAN
Perfect
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
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
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
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
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
Worry: the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
GEORGE W. LYON
attributed, Phillips' Treasury of Humorous Quotations
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 is the admission of incompetence silently to oneself.
WILLIAM ESTABROOK CHANCELLOR
The Health of the Teacher
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
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