Motivational Quotes

Worry

The moment the little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

- Berne, Eric

Best Quotes about Worry

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Gandhi, Mahatma

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Lincoln, Abraham

Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.

James, Clive

Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.

Zoroaster

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

Bible

The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.

Adams, James Truslow

I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.

Jefferson, Joseph

Don't worry about the intensity and direction of the putt -- until you get on the green!

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

Carnegie, Dale

10.

Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

Confucius

11.

There are only two things to worry about, either you are healthy or you are sick. If you are healthy, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you are sick there are only two things to worry about, either you will get well or you will die. If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you die there are only two things to worry about, either you will go to heaven or to hell. If you go to heaven, then there is nothing to worry about. And if you to go hell, you'll be so darn busy shaking hands with your friends you won't have time to worry!

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Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from over work, but many who died from doubt.

Mayo, Charles Horace

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One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.

Hubbard, Kin

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Ninety percent of the things we tend to WORRY about we have no control over, so why worry about them?

15.

The moment the little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Berne, Eric

16.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

Miller, Olin

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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

Pythagoras

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Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

Rache, Arthur Somers

19.

Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should.

Russell, Bertrand

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Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change.

Pilgrim, Peace

21.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

Lasorda, Tommy

22.

Set aside half an hour every day to do all your worrying; then take a nap during this period.

23.

Don't worry, be happy.

Baba, Meher

24.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Boom, Corrie Ten

25.

If you cannot help worrying, remember that worrying cannot help you either.

26.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

James, William

27.

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

James, William

28.

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

Churchill, Winston

29.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution which destroys the machinery but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. [Philippians 4:6, 7]

Bible

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Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.

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Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.

Blair, Hugh

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The trouble with worrying so much about your security in the future is that you feel so insecure in the present.

Miller, Harlan

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We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

Lubbock, Sir John

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Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing.

Anthony, Dr. Robert

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Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

Rosenwald, Julius

37.

Why worry when you can pray?

38.

Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time -- the cemetery.

39.

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

Boom, Corrie Ten

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We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

Persius

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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.

Asaf, George

42.

There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.

Burdette, Robert

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Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.

Ch'Iao, Pien

44.

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't mostof them turn out all right after all?

Carnegie, Dale

45.

Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.

46.

How much pain worries have cost us that have never happened?

Jefferson, Thomas

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As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

Caesar, Julius

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon