201 quotes found
“Rule No. i is don't sweat the small stuff. Rule No. 2 is it's all small stuff.”
“The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst."”
“A wise man fights to win but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.”
“There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen.”
“Our worst misfortunes never happen and most miseries lie in anticipation.”
“Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.”
“How much pain they have cost us the evils which have never happened.”
“What torments of grief you endured from evils that never arrived.”
“We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.”
“Some of your hurts you have cured And the sharpest you still have survived But what torments of grief you endured From the evil which never arrived.”
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles but most of them never happened.”
“Though life is made up of mere bubbles 'Tis better than many have For while we've a whole lot of troubles The most of them never occur.”
“If you see ten troubles coming down the road you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.”
“That man is blest Who does his best And leaves the rest Then-do not worry.”
“Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.”
“It is the little things that fret and worry us you can dodge an elephant but not a fly.”
“To be rich is not the end but only a change of worries.”
“Worry less about what other people think about you and more about what you think about them.”
“Don't hurry don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers.”
“What worries you masters you.”
