Motivational Quotes

Worry

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

- Confucius

Best Quotes about Worry

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

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

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

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

Boom, Corrie Ten

Don't worry, be happy.

Baba, Meher

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

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

11.

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Confucius

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

Jefferson, Joseph

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

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Lasorda, Tommy

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

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Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff.

Mantell, Michael

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

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

Adams, James Truslow

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Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your best season.

Wu-Men

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

Ch'Iao, Pien

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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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

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Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.

Proverb, Swedish

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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

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

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Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Churchill, Winston

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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

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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

31.

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

Persius

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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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Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.

Aikman, Leo

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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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Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

Quarles, Francis

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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

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I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

Renard, Jules

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When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.

Proverb, Chinese

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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

James, William

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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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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

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

43.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

Confucius

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Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.

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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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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

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Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift. -

Lincoln, Abraham

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It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Rice, Alice Caldwell

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Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

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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