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Quotations About Worrying

Related: Emotions

No human thing is of serious importance.
Plato
The Republic


The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard
The Note Book, 1927


We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives.
Lewis Thomas
The Medusa and the Snail, 1979


He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Montaigne
Essays, 1588


[A]ny concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
Corrie Ten Boom
Clippings from My Notebook


People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
George Bernard Shaw
"Family Affection," Parents and Children, 1914


People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross.
Unknown


Worry is a misuse of imagination.
Dan Zadra


Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.
Unknown


If things go wrong, don't go with them.
Roger Babson


Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them.
Unknown


That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
Chinese Proverb