WORRY QUOTES VII

quotations about worry & worrying

A little worrying, like a little fear, is natural and healthy. It is what keeps us following basic traffic laws, not putting our hand on a hot burner, or playing baseball with a glass jar. But just like being consumed with fear can paralyze you, so can worrying non-stop. The emotions are from different spectrums of the rainbow but they both end up doing the same things -- making you paranoid, tepid, and unable to savor life that is in front of you.

DENNIS WYATT

"Worrying Half Your Life Away", The Ceres Courier, February 10, 2016


Worrying is an attempt to exert control over the future by thinking about it. In this way, worry is something that occurs on the inside, and its effects on the outside world are only imaginary.

CHAD LEJEUNE

The Worry Trap


You're worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?

SHANNON CELEBI

Driving Off Bridges


When it comes to Mom, worry is my constant companion, with me like those belt beepers husbands used to wear when the birth was imminent.

PHIL GIANFICARO

"The forecast: Worry, 100 miles away", Burlington County Times, March 16, 2017


Worry is negative prayer, or prayer in reverse. It is a habit which is not to be taken lightly, for it is an evil one.

MARTHA LEMASTERS

"Worry is ingratitude to God in advance", Vero Beach Newsweekly, February 8, 2016


Worry depletes you of vitality, enthusiasm, joy and peace. Worriers don't have much enthusiasm for living, as they can think of too many perils that might occur.

MARTHA LEMASTERS

"Worry is ingratitude to God in advance", Vero Beach Newsweekly, February 8, 2016


While many people think they are just worriers, they do not realize that they actually worry for a reason. Their worry is an attempt to protect themselves! If you're wondering how such a nagging, persistent, annoying, and sometimes distressing psychological state can be helpful, you're probably not alone. It turns out that worrying about something puts your mind into a negative state, but this helps, because when something negative does happen, you don't feel that much worse. You've already been feeling bad.

SRINI PILLAY

"Managing worry in generalized anxiety disorder", Harvard Health Publications, February 17, 2016


Worrying is not fun; worrying is very draining. Ever notice how during and after you've worried over something, how very drained you feel both mentally and physically? Worrying is very detrimental to the human body. This is called stress, and stress will either mutate or kill the very cells of your physical body.

NATHAN WHITING

A Journey of Remembering: While Seeking the Ultimate Love


Worrying is not looking for a solution, but just reviewing the "problem" over and over.

MELVIN R. HALL

The Sky's the Limit: Go for the Gold!


People believe that since they have worried about a particular thing that didn't happen, their worrying alone was like the magical ounce of prevention.

CHRIS BENSON

"Dr. Maxie Maultsby Says: Stop Worrying and Get On With Your Life", Ebony, February 1981


You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.

PAT SCHROEDER

attributed, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior


Worry is an unproductive, useless form of fear, and that makes it, by definition, unhealthy.

MAXIE MAULTSBY JR.

Ebony, February 1981


What worries you masters you.

HADDON W. ROBINSON

attributed, Drawing Closer, Growing Stronger: Making the Most of Your Walk with God


Worry is our happiness-eater.

NIKKI GEMMELL

"Is it worth the worry?", The Australian, March 4, 2017


Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.

ROBERT S. ELIOT

attributed, Words of Wellness: A Treasury of Quotations for Well-Being


The idea that worrying is a fruitful endeavour is predictive of excessive worrying.

ERIC RASSIN

Thought Suppression


Stop worrying. Nobody gets out of this world alive.

CLIVE JAMES

attributed, Secrets of Resilient People: 50 Strategies to Be Strong

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Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease.

T. F. HODGE

From Within I Rise


What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?

DEAN KOONTZ

Odd Apocalypse

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Worry is forethought gone to seed.

WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN

The Improvement Era, vol. 11, 1908