Quotes About Worry

When we worry, we have our hearts in the wrong place. Jesus asks us to move our hearts to the center, where all other things fall into place.

Worrying causes us to be "all over the place," but seldom at home.

Worrying causes us to be "all over the place," but seldom at home. One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there. We know where we belong, but we keep being pulled away in many directions, as if we were still homeless. "All these other things" keep demanding our attention. They lead us so far from home that we eventually forget our true address, that is, the place where we can be addressed.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.

And Elijah Wood, I fear for no good:

It's all a mere mistake and a worry and a joke—and we'll go home as fast as we can!

Y, por lo general, las cosas salían mal sólo cuando te preocupabas demasiado.

Estaba convencido de que, si las cosas me salían mal, a todo el mundo le salían mal. Y, por lo general, las cosas salían mal sólo cuando te preocupabas demasiado.

We've got a war going on, the demons are invading, you got implanted by the Prince of Darkness and you're worried I'll make you stick your finger up your bum and bark like a dog? This is serious!' - Mr. Fogarty

In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.

Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday.

Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.

How many years did I waste worrying about the way I look? I'm almost 60 and it has taken me all these years. Don't wait until you get to my age to realize that you are beautiful.

Unlike young actors, I don't feel unfulfilled. I've had my successes. I don't have to worry that I won't have time for other things.

The fact that I can travel around the world doing what I love is such a blessing. I've learned that traveling is such an important thing; there's so many beautiful things out there and we get worried about such little things.

I was living in Bangkok and I had a girlfriend during this time, she was traveling and I was jealous. Y'know, I thought she might meet someone, might do something, and I was just worried, and I went and I wrote 'Nevermind.'

Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.

It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.

Fear of the unknown and resentment bring stress.

Anxiety and stress derive from fear and self-doubt.

Stress is a false perception of fear of the unknown.

Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don't want.

Worrying is like praying for something you don't want to happen.