Quotes About Worry

Anxiety, excessive fear, and worry arise because you turn away from the present moment and become lost in memories, stories, and beliefs about the past or future.

We pride ourselves on being the only species that understands the concept of risk, yet we have a confounding habit of worrying about mere possibilities while ignoring probabilities, building barricades against perceived dangers while leaving ourselves exposed to real ones.

What's funny is the act of cleaning out my desk takes an hour, yet I've been dreading it for so many damn years. How much time have I wasted in fretting about organizing this instead of actually organizing? I kind of don't want to know.

When I'm able to slough it off, when it's not causing physical symptoms or putting me on edge, my anxiety still pops up out of nowhere to spoil nice moments. I fear good things happening because I believe something bad is sure to follow.

bundle of nerves, swaddled in a blanket of panic.

The trick to reducing my overall panic and worry about weight hasn't been about starving myself into a form that will satisfy whatever arbitrary societal norms are coming down the pipeline. The key has been finding a way to be happy with myself, regardless of what the scale says.

I'm a bundle of nerves, swaddled in a blanket of panic.

Of all my own fears—and, oh, there are plenty—social media tops the list. Admitting that it is my chief worry causes me more distress, knowing people in other nations face daily threats to their safety and well-being. I'm terrified that one offhand joke, one out-of-context remark, will set into motion a public shaming, because I see it happen every day.

I picked up my mocha and stood. The cup was still almost half-full, but I didn't want it anymore. Besides, it was now luke-warm. Which meant I didn't have to worry if it was scalding him when I tossed the remains in Ethan's face.I think Finn might have craked a smileas he held the door open for me, but I wasn't sure.

I have to give birth to be a good Ameican? No. There are more than four million babies born in this country every year. The American Way is covered. If it worries you, you can have extra to make up for mine.

Is it still there? I asked, staring at his head, bent over, as he wedged the stethoscope beneath my left breast. And then, before I could stop myself, Does it sound broken?

Picture each worry like a gift. Put them in order, from the mildest to the most intense. Imagine yourself picking up each one and wrapping it with care. Picture yourself placing the gift under a tree, and then walking away.

I have a special place devoted to worry that has an insatiable hunger to be filled. When it's empty, it worries anyway about what it's going to worry about. A sick kitten is ideal worry-material.

SOME DAYS YOU WAKE AND IMMEDIATELY START TO WORRY. NOTHING IN PARTICULAR IS WRONG, IT¹S JUST THE SUSPICION THAT FORCES ARE ALIGNING QUIETLY AND THERE WILL BE TROUBLE.

Tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I don't know what this song was originally intended to be about exactly, but I know what Sabin is telling me. He is telling me to protect my heart, but to love. He is telling me about timing, and dreaming, and surviving. And mostly, he is telling me to abandon my worry. To find joy and to live again.

More men die of worry than of work, because more men worry than work.

7 Rules to a Happy Life:1. Be humble2. Don't worry 3. Don't settle for less4. Mind your business5. Work hard 6. Play hard7. Be nice

Tonight is going to be a big night, like any other night, because certain 10 million Americans will not be able to sleep well tonight.

Work is my vacation from worry of what to do with my life

What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt?

Use your worry, but know when to leave it behind.

One can't be too safe, only too sorry.

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.