quotations about worry & worrying
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
LEO AIKMAN
attributed, Worth Repeating
The first essential component of worry is a future orientation. In other words, when you worry you invariably focus on something that might happen but hasn't happened yet. This notion might seem a bit controversial. In fact, you might even disagree with it. You might argue that you worry about things that are happening now, not in the future. A closer look, though, reveals the truth--worry is like a haunted crystal ball, tormenting you with a terrifying view of the future.
KEVIN L. GYOERKOE & PAMELA S. WIEGARTZ
10 Simple Solutions to Worry
As for what has already happened, you can't do anything about it, so it is pointless to waste time thinking about it--to worry is an exercise in mindlessness. As for what might happen, we must remember that we don't know the future. Many things we worry about never happen, so many of our worries waste our energy. I know this is easier said than done, but realizing the pointlessness of worry is a start.
JOHN G. MESSERLY
"How To Cope With This Stressful Presidency", Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, March 6, 2017
Worry is fear in search of a cause.
JEFF PEPPER
Daily Triumph
No matter how heavy your burden is now, the only way that you'll be able to manage it without subjecting yourself to excessive worrying is to accept what lies ahead.
ANTHONY JOSHUA
Overcoming Anxiety: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
The Greeks said that worry is two opposing forces that tear a person apart. The Saxons say worry is like a wolf with a stranglehold on a man's throat. Worry chokes our physical strength, our creative powers, our spiritual growth and our joy.
TOM O'BRIEN
"Focus your thoughts on God", Ellwood City Ledger, March 24, 2017
Stop worrying. Please. Because I suspect it's white-anting your serenity, crashing into your life too much.
NIKKI GEMMELL
"Is it worth the worry?", The Australian, March 4, 2017
The idea that worrying is a fruitful endeavour is predictive of excessive worrying.
ERIC RASSIN
Thought Suppression
Worry is wasting today's time to clutter up tomorrow's opportunities with yesterday's trouble.
ANONYMOUS
The Speaker's Quote Book
Action is worry's worst enemy.
AMERICAN PROVERB
Worry is a starting place, but not a staying place.
SYBIL MACBETH
Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God
We are, perhaps uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. We deserve a better press, in my view.
LEWIS THOMAS
The Medusa and the Snail
I received a card the other day from Steve Early which said, "Don't Worry Me--I am an 8 Ulcer Man on 4 Ulcer Pay."
HARRY S. TRUMAN
attributed, Mr. President
Worry affects the circulation, the glands, the whole nervous system.
CHARLES H. MAYO
attributed, Words of Wellness: A Treasury of Quotations for Well-Being
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
Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.
ANNA ROBERTSON BROWN
What is Worth While?
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
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
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
Worrying is similar to purchasing ulcers on credit.
GREG REYNOLDS
"Issues of Faith: No worries when experiencing God's Peace", Peninsula Daily News, March 3, 2017