201 quotes found
“You'll break the worry habit the day you decide you can meet and master the worse that can happen to you.”
“Worry is a futile thing it's somewhat like a rocking chair Although is keeps you occupied it doesn't get you anywhere.”
“Of course I realized there was a measure of danger. Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when I first considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to r...”
“Worry never climbed a hill worry never paid a bill Worry never dried a tear worry never calmed a fear Worry never darned a heel worry never cooked a meal It never led a horse to water nor ev...”
“The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst."”
“I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart 'til it stops beating."”
“Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball.”
“When you worry you go over the same ground endlessly and come out the same place you started. Thinking on the other hand makes progress from one place to another. ... The problem of life is to c...”
“Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?”
“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.”
“The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.”
“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.”
“Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.”
“You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that you would never do anything.”
“How much pain they have cost us the evils which have never happened.”
“Anxiety never yet successfully bridged any chasm.”
“The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.”
“Cast away care he that loves sorrow lengthens not a day nor can he buy tomorrow.”