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Quotes About Worry

Little things comfort us because little things distress us.
~ Blaise Pascal
These boxes held only ashes of answers, and all their presence meant was more mysteries, and a worry that someday something else might explode.
~ Bliss Broyard
I am learning more and more each year that all worry simply consumes, and to no purpose, just so much physical and mental strength that might otherwise be given to effective work.
~ Booker T. Washington
Not to worry about the results... it is pretty difficult to learn not to worry, although I think I am learning more and more each year that all worry simply consumes, and to no purpose, just so much physical and mental strength that might otherwise be given to effective work.
~ Booker T. Washington
The newspapers continue to bring bad news from China. I do not trust news which comes indirectly, and from afar at that, but - Do you remember that old tale of the woman who gave birth to an elephant? When the truth was discovered, it appeared that the midwife had said the child's nose looked a bit long . . . still, I worry.
~ Botan
Like every kid in your town you grow up worrying about your future and what college you will get into.
~ Harlan Coben
There have been cases in which pedophiles have done themselves harm after being caught.' 'Is that a fact? So you were worried that your entrapment might cause my client to attempt suicide?' 'Something like that, yes.' Flair put his hand to his chest. 'I'm touched.' 'Your Honor!' Portnoi shouted. Flair waved him off again. 'So you wanted to save my client?
~ Harlan Coben
Then everything is copasetic," Fester said. "Except, well, without a camera, you can't do George Queller tomorrow. Don't worry. I'll find somebody else.
~ Harlan Coben
Hush, Scout; It ain't time to worry yet. I'll let you know when.
~ Harper Lee
In terms of evolutionary history, it was only yesterday that men learned to walk around on two legs and get in trouble thinking complicated thoughts. So don't worry, you'll burn out.
~ Haruki Murakami
At the same time, my anxiety had turned into an anxiety quite lacking in anxiousness. And any anxiety that is not especially anxious is, in the end, an anxiety hardly worth mentioning.
~ Haruki Murakami
The pain I imagine is worse than the actual pain.
~ Haruki Murakami
And any anxiety that is to not especially anxious is in the end, an anxiety hardly worth mentioning.
~ Haruki Murakami
Mothers took your problems from you and fretted about them for you, even if there was no reason on earth why they should, even if you had done everything to create your own mess.
~ Heather O'Neill
If we're honest, we all have some measure of wrong believing in our lives. If you don't believe this, all you need to do is ask yourself, 'Have I often felt anxious, worried, or fearful that the worst would happen to me and my loved ones?'
~ Joseph Prince
I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.
~ Katie Leung
I've learned I can't change every opinion or have everyone's approval. If I get caught up in that, I'm worried about the wrong things.
~ Baker Mayfield
Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you're in, you're gonna worry about raising kids. But it's champagne problems, too. There are people who can't feed their kids.
~ Kanye West
I went to visit my father to tell him that I was going to go to college and become an architect - that was my dream. I was like, yeah I graduated from school, but it's not like you showed up for that. But all he was worried about is whether or not I wanted money from him.
~ Jake Roberts
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
~ E. Joseph Cossman
I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
~ A. E. van Vogt
I worry about putting food on the table, paying for my kids needs, their college fees in years to come. It's about earning enough to have a living to be able to look after your children.
~ Shane Filan
If you struggle with putting things into perspective, just ask yourself two simple questions: What's the worst thing that could happen as a result of this? Will this matter in five years? Your answers should put a stop to cataclysmic thinking.
~ Travis Bradberry
If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.
~ Harvey Mackay