Motivational Quotes

Worry

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

Best Quotes about Worry

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

Miller, Olin

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

James, William

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

Pythagoras

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

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

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

Aikman, Leo

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

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

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Washington, George

10.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

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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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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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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

17.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Churchill, Winston

18.

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

19.

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

James, Clive

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

Boom, Corrie Ten

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

Edison, Thomas A.

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

Rice, Alice Caldwell

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

Burdette, Robert

28.

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

Carnegie, Dale

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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

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

33.

Don't worry, be happy.

Baba, Meher

34.

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