WORRY QUOTES V

quotations about worry & worrying

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 designed to weaken us so that we don't overcome.

ANGELA NAYLOR

No One Sees My Pain


Worrying is not looking for a solution, but just reviewing the "problem" over and over.

MELVIN R. HALL

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


Put your energy into today and stop worrying about the past.

ERIN HUNTER

Rising Storm


People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching a cold.

JOHN JAY CHAPMAN

attributed, Words from the Wise


Worry is a fidgety girl who can't do things right. In the morning she dresses herself but the clothes don't fit. Worry is slim. Worry is fat. Worry is never what she wants to be.

EILEEN CURTEIS

Reiki: A Spiritual Doorway to Natural Healing


The cause of worry is life: its cure is death.

CALEB WILLIAMS SALEEBY

Worry: The Disease of the Age


A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

JOHN LUBBOCK

The Use of Life

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When it comes to Mom, worry is my constant companion, with me like those belt beepers husbands used to wear when the birth was imminent.

PHIL GIANFICARO

"The forecast: Worry, 100 miles away", Burlington County Times, March 16, 2017


Worrying is only useful if it makes us aware of something that needs to be remedied, allows us to resolve the situation and move on. It is bad for us when it constantly fills our mind and we take no action or remain preoccupied. It wastes time and energy.

SARAH MCNAMARA

Helping Young People to Beat Stress


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


What? Me worry?

ALFRED E. NEUMAN

MAD Magazine, July 1955


One can make one's life a complete misery, worrying about burglaries and shipwrecks, but ask anyone, anyone you know ... earth-shattering disasters and fabulous inheritances all seems to take place exclusively in the newspapers.

JEAN ANOUILH

The Rehearsal

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Worry is the secret weapon perpetrated upon us by the dark forces of the world that lurk in the shape of fear, uncertainty, confusion, and loss. We, on the other hand, have our own secret weapon against these incorporeal fiends. It is laughter.

VERA NAZARIAN

The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration


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


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


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


Worry-free living can be ours. Worry is merely an option. Take a lesson from our children. Toss your worries onto your Father. Then go outside and play.

RICK BROWN

"Let Jesus help you live worry free", Cypress Creek Mirror, February 17, 2016


Worry is negative prayer, or prayer in reverse. It is a habit which is not to be taken lightly, for it is an evil one.

MARTHA LEMASTERS

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


One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all these vague imaginings and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem.

WILLIS H. CARRIER

attributed, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living