WORRY QUOTES III

quotations about worry & worrying

Worry is the enemy of work and the negation of faith.

WILLIAM ESTABROOK CHANCELLOR

The Health of the Teacher


From its earliest days, worrying has been seen as a character weakness, a frailty, a self-indulgence; something that should be avoided, controlled or cured. That explains why worrying -- where the connotation with fear is never far away -- was originally seen as a female complaint, a shortcoming that the Victorian male, with his fabled stiff-upper lip, could certainly never admit to. But as a lifelong male worrier, with as many male friends who admit to similar bouts of insecurity as female, I'm convinced that men have been worrying for just as long as women. It just took them the best part of a century to admit it.

FRANCIS O'GORMAN

Daily Mail, July 24, 2015


Worry makes people thin, except when they worry about being fat.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


Worrying is an emotional drug that not only does not get you where you think you want to go but it almost always assures you'll never be happy.

DENNIS WYATT

"Worrying Half Your Life Away", The Ceres Courier, February 10, 2016


It's about the quality of the worry ... I have happier worries now than I used to.

DAVID GILMOUR

The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son


Worry is discounting possible future sorrows so that the individual may have present misery.

WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN

The Improvement Era, vol. 11, 1908


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


If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.

E. JOSEPH COSSMAN

attributed, Inspirational Quotes for All Occasions


The first thing you have to realize about worrying is that it is a choice, not an inevitability. Some people think that worry comes naturally when you have problems. That's not true. You worry because you choose to be worried.

ANTHONY JOSHUA

Overcoming Anxiety: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living


Stop worrying about what can go wrong, and get excited about what can go right.

ANONYMOUS


Don't worry about people who don't worry about you.

ANONYMOUS


Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

ANNA ROBERTSON BROWN

What is Worth While?


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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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

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The longer I have followed Jesus, the more I have experienced him lifting worry's weight from my soul. Increasingly, I view worry as a cue to pray, choosing to trust my Heavenly Father and to thank him.

GREG REYNOLDS

"Issues of Faith: No worries when experiencing God's Peace", Peninsula Daily News, March 3, 2017


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"


Worry is nothing but the bad habit of thinking about what you DON'T want to happen. It's a misuse of your most precious power -- the imagination.

DAN ZADRA

How to Beat the Jitters


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


Worry depletes you of vitality, enthusiasm, joy and peace. Worriers don't have much enthusiasm for living, as they can think of too many perils that might occur.

MARTHA LEMASTERS

"Worry is ingratitude to God in advance", Vero Beach Newsweekly, February 8, 2016


Do not worry at being worried; but accept worry peacefully. Difficult but not impossible.

JOHN CHAPMAN

Spiritual Letters