Quotes About Anxiety

Thoughts ramble through my head like nervous burglars in a pitch-black house.

the waiting was torture, the worst Ka had ever known. It was this pain, this deadly wait, he now remembered, that had made him afraid to fall in love.

Te quería muerto de miedo por todo lo que sabía que pasaba por tu mente y más por lo que no sabía.

It is in our non-producing moments that negatives, such as fear, worry, anxiety, hatred, and jealously get in their destructive work.

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.

So far as is known, it said, no bird ever tried to build more nests than its neighbor. No fox ever fretted because he had only one hole in which to hide. No squirrel ever died of anxiety lest he should not lay by enough nuts for two winters instead of for one, and no dog ever lost any sleep over the fact that he did not have enough bones laid aside for his declining years.

a dog as mad which simply has a fit, or is so frightened at being pursued by those who are afraid of it, and who project their state of mind to its brain, that it appears to be mad.

it not strange that they should form this habit of anticipating evils that will probably never come, when they know that anxiety and fretting will not only rob them of peace of mind and strength and ability to do their work, but also of precious years of life?

The ancient bond between the tsarist state and Russian nationalism could be used to create powerful emotions when the enemy came from the heathen east. The Mongol invasion had left a powerful mark on the Russian psyche. It was expressed in a deep anxiety about the mixed Eurasian roots of the people and it's culture, which made it easy for an educated liberal to convince themselves that this war was nothing less than a defense of Russia's European identity against the Asian hordes.

Don't make fun of me! Ender said. I'm afraid I'm going crazy.

She believed that people revealed themselves most when they were vaguely anxious, and few things brought out nonspecific anxieties like being in the presence of a person who never speaks.

Tenía miedo, y el miedo le ponía serio.

Aunque no podía conocerse el futuro, probablemente sería mucho mejor que sus peores miedos y no tan bueno como sus mejores esperanzas. ¿No funcionaba así siempre el mundo?

The limbic node deep in her brain didn't understand that she no longer lived in a tree, no longer had to panic when she felt herself to be falling.

it would probably be a good deal better than their worst fears and nowhere near as good as their best hopes.

Insouciant heroes aren't brave or relaxed. They're just trying not to embarrass themselves in the moments before they die. She

Insouciant heroes aren't Brave or relaxed. They're just trying not to embarrass themselves in the moments before they die.

The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping.

Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.

but the bravest man among us is afraid of himself

I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.