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Quotes About Anxiety

My fear... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
~ Franz Kafka
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn't yet lived.
~ Franz Kafka
One of the universal fears of childhood is the fear of not having value in the eyes of the people whom we admire so much.
~ Fred Rogers
An unhurried morning routine at home can help your child get ready—and feel ready—for school without haste or anxiety.
~ Fred Rogers
It's not possible to be a parent without having times of worry.
~ Fred Rogers
She better not die this time," I guess I said.
~ Frederick Busch
They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind.
~ Frederik Pohl
I'm terrified of bugs and I travel with sprays, lotions, potions the lot. I have to check the room before I go to sleep and if I come across a bug and fail to remove it I have to sleep in a separate room as I'm paranoid that I'll be taken advantage of as I sleep.
~ Freema Agyeman
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
~ French proverb
Planmässig vorgehende Menschen wollen ein bestimmtes Ziel erreichen. Der Zufall trifft sie dann am schlimmsten, wenn sie durch ihn das Gegenteil ihres Ziels erreichen: Das, was sie befürchteten, was sie zu vermeiden suchen (z.B. Ödipus).
~ Friedrich Durrenmatt
Why worry when you have nothing to fear. Why fear when no one else worries.
~ brain
Even if she be not harmed, her heart may fail her in so much and so many horrors; and hereafter she may suffer--both in waking, from her nerves, and in sleep, from her dreams.
~ Bram Stoker
Sometimes I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear.
~ Brandon Boyd
Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.
~ Brandon Boyd
It was the most hilarious thing that has ever happened," Pigeon agreed. "I'm just worried it might cost me my life. And that my mom won't be able to stop eating fudge long enough to hold a funeral. They'll probably just dump me in a hole in the backyard.
~ Brandon Mull
Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that's the sound the world makes when it pisses itself.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Kaladin's anxiety began to subside, and he pushed through the worst of the darkness. He always emerged on the other side. Why was that so difficult to remember while in the middle of it?
~ Brandon Sanderson
Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Galladon paused for a moment, then laughed. "Does nothing frighten you, sule?" "Actually, pretty much everything here does—I'm just good at ignoring the fact that I'm terrified. If I ever realize how scared I am, you'll probably find me trying to hide under those cobblestones over there.
~ Brandon Sanderson
So, you're worried about what?" M-Bot said. "That your shadow might take your place?" "No," I whispered. "I worry that I'm already the shadow.
~ Brandon Sanderson
What if everybody is frightened, and nobody has the answers?
~ Brandon Sanderson
A party. What was I going to do at a party? I had a feeling I'd have been much better off in the water with the sharks.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Scared to go onward," Kaladin said, "but terrified to go back to what you were.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Worry has weight, and is an infinitely renewable resource.
~ Brandon Sanderson