Quotations About Worrying
Related: Emotions
No human thing is of serious importance.
Plato
The Republic
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
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
The Medusa and the Snail, 1979
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Montaigne
Essays, 1588
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
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
"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