201 quotes found
“Worry is a god invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse it takes away the appetite and turns the hair gray.”
“A worried man could borrow a lot of trouble with practically no collateral.”
“If your eyes are blinded with your worries you cannot see the beauty of the sunset.”
“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.”
“If you worry about what might be and wonder what might have been you will ignore what is.”
“Bacteria and other microorganisms find it easier to infect people who worry and fret.”
“Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.”
“Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize he will still for months wake up in the night with a start worrying about food and rent.”
“There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?”
“Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.”
“Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.”
“As a cure for worrying work is better than whiskey.”
“When speculation has done its worst two and two still make four.”
“Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.”
“Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.”
“Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.”
“Anxiety is the poison of human life the parent of many sins and of more miseries.... Can it alter the cause or unravel the mystery of human events?”
“Rule No. i is don't sweat the small stuff. Rule No. 2 is it's all small stuff.”
“It only seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying.”
“A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.”
