Quotes on worry
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
Edison, Thomas
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Montaigne, Michel de
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Buscaglia, Leo
When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?
Hoban, Russell
Don't chain your worries to your body. The burden soon becomes heavy and your health will give too much of itself to pick up the extra load.
Alauda, Astrid
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
Roche, Arthur Somers
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives.
Thomas, Lewis
I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number.
Armstrong, Edith
I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating."
White, E. B.
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
Billings, Josh
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
Caesar, Julius
We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
Spalding, John Lancaster
Some patients I see are actually draining into their bodies the diseased thoughts of their minds.
Bercovitz, Zacharty
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Franklin, Benjamin
Worry ducks when purpose flies overhead.
Weber, C. Astrid
You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.
Schroeder, Pat