Quotes About Worry

Mr. Silver's letter was rather curt. He merely said that the one pound shares were standing at two and sixpence. The fact was, Mr. Silver was annoyed with Miss Harburn and extremely worried about his own five hundred pounds which, in a moment of madness, he had invested in Coribundas and which he could ill-afford to lose. Julia was not in the least worried, she was excited. It was thrilling, a sort of gamble—like putting money on a horse, but much safer, of course.

I did a voice for this video game called 'Fallout 3,' and that was really fun. I had a great time, especially since I could show up in PJs and not have to worry about how I looked.

Are you hurt, Evie? Look up at me, love. Yes. Sweetheart…did they do you any injury?

Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?

What is this errand, and when will you come back?" "It's nothing for you to worry about." "Whenever someone says that," Pandora said, "it always means the opposite. Along with 'It's only a scratch' or 'Worse things happen at sea.'" "Or," Clara added glumly, 'I'm only going out for a pint.

I've read that one out of twenty-four people is a sociopath, and if you ask me, the other twenty-three of you should be worried.

Your typical suburban mom worries all the time, but she worries about the wrong things

Fear and worry are the antithesis of faith, are they not? Every time I give in to concern about tomorrow, even my next hour, I rob this hour, this day if strength, peace. The Maker holds all my days. Do I trust him with them or not?

Don't borrow trouble from round the bend,

It's a lesson I'm trying to learn from him, this living squarely in the present. I am a planner and a worrier. I torment myself by mentally replaying my past mistakes, wishing I'd been smarter, wishing I'd been stronger, wishing I'd made different choices. I live too often in the realm of what if. I also expend time and mental energy continually trying to anticipate what sort of crouching tiger might be hiding around the next corner.

I live too often in the realm of what if. I also expend time and mental energy continually trying to anticipate what sort of crouching tiger might be hiding around the next corner.

I wish I had not spent my hours worrying over another nickel for the carousel, but instead running barefoot through the fields of yellow bonnets.

You can't solve anything by worrying ahead of yourself.

Well, that's the problem with postulatin', Hannibal. Brings up trouble that ain't happened yet and likely won't ever. Why bother with it?

To be a Sufi is to give up all worries and there is no worse worry than yourself. When you are occupied with self you are separated from God. The way to God is but one step: the step out of yourself. (Abu Sa'id Ibn Abi-l-khayr)

You dogs are smart enough to know that worry is something you do with a bone, and let it got at that. Even Pavlov couldn't do any more than prove that your brain is in your gut--something that you knew all along.

I'm scared of you two in the same place. That's like putting in an order for trouble, rather than just wishing for it.

the question is not whether you are in danger, it's whether you choose to worry about it. It's like swimming in the sea where there are sharks. You know they're there, but your choice is whether you allow your fear of them to stop you from ever going in. Sure, you take precautions, and you don't swim when there's a sighting, but you also don't let it stop you from reaching your goal, or the shore on the other side.

Worry is like a rocking chair. It uses up all your energy, but where does it get you?

we won't borrow trouble—not when we have enough to see us through the day.

What if everything she most dreaded was happening now?

She ran her gaze over his chest with frank appreciation. Then he shivered, realizing he hadn't really considered the weather. It was forty-five degrees max, but Chloe was giving him a go-on gesture with her hand. All I have left is my pants, he said. Yes, please. It's cold, Chloe. She tilted her head. Are you worried about shrinkage? Well, he was now. -Chloe and Sawyer

Anxiety Girl, able to jump to the worst conclusion in a single bound!

Anxiety is having 99 problems and 86 of them are made-up scenarios that might never happen, but you stress about them anyway.