Quotes About Worry

Fear makes you worry and worry makes you weary.

Don't worry about the future, sooner or later it's the past. If they say the feeling's gone then it's time to take it back.

Stress does not come from problems. It originates from fear which comes from the anticipation of problems.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than fear itself

One can make one's life a complete misery, worrying about burglaries and shipwrecks, but ask anyone, anyone you know ... earth-shattering disasters and fabulous inheritances all seems to take place exclusively in the newspapers.

I'm worried that the lady's going to be a hooker - and you're afraid she's BETTY CROCKER! Molly Jane Fletcher

Use common sense; don't magnify the importance of insignificant details; don't worry about bygones; and keep it simple. Focus, common sense, simplicity, and attitude

The true fear is the fear of being afraid.

But now—I shall have a Great Big Worry all the rest of my life. Whenever you are away from me I shall be thinking of all the automobiles that can run over you, or the sign-boards that can fall on your head, or the dreadful, squirmy germs that you may be swallowing.

Majesty, there is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

So Lydia is worried about all these things, and yet, she has a new understanding about the futility of worry. The worst will either happen or not happen, and there's no worry that will make a difference in either direction. Don't think.

That pang Lydia felt had many parts: it was anger at the injustice, it was worry, compassion, helplessness. But in truth, it was a small feeling, and when she realized she was out of garlic, the pang was subsumed by domestic irritation. Dinner would be bland. Sebastián wouldn't complain, but she'd register the mild disapproval on his features, and she'd feel provoked. She'd try not to start an argument.

She's been afraid for so long that now she can't catch up to the facts: it was already him, and the rest of her family. It really did happen; all those years of worry did not prevent it.

She has a new understanding about the futility of worry. The worst will either happen or not happen, and there's no worry that will make a difference in either direction. Don't think.

she has a new understanding about the futility of worry. The worst will either happen or not happen, and there's no worry that will make a difference in either direction.

So Lydia is worried about all these things, and yet, she has a new understanding about the futility of worry. The worst will either happen or not happen, and there's no worry that will make a difference in either direction.

I do, too, understand. Rosalind wants to find creepy ladies for Daddy so we don't have to worry about stepmothers.

fret over Batty,

My mother had a philosophy that guided her through many a rough time. 'Only worry when you can do something about it--whatever it is. Then it's not worry, it's thinking things through, trying to decide what's best. When there's nothing you can do, it's just plain worry, and it's pointless and self-destructive.

Anxiety is a state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation. Often, men will appear confident and self-assured to others but actually be living with a great deal of worry and fear.

I started worrying that maybe you only get a certain number of prayers answered in you lifetime and I'm burning through mine too fast. I'd hate to find out later on that I used up all my chits, because I've been acting like I've got an unlimited supply.

You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, "What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?" Does that ever make you anxious?

disguises the narcissistic needs for attention with a demeanor of constant fretting, worry, and overprotection.