Worry Quotes - Page 48

One ought to avoid all unnecessary worry and exciting thoughts, and to cultivate a firm tranquility of mind. Melancholy reflections will in no way influence fate, whereas one may weaken the constitution by the waste of energy while indulging in them.

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.

And if you worry that not finishing the food on your plate is a slap in the face of all the hungry people everywhere, you are not living in reality. The truth is that you either throw the food out or you throw it in, but either way it turns to waste. World hunger will not be solved by finishing the garlic mashed potatoes on your plate.

I wonder if we might pledge ourselves to remember what life is really all about—not to be afraid that we're less flashy than the next, not to worry that our influence is not that of a tornado, but rather that of a grain of sand in an oyster! Do we have that kind of patience?

...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.

What worries me is that now, communication is virtual.

Worry destroys the ability to write.

I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.

Since I have access to every, every crisis in the world because it's always blaring at me on cable television, that doesn't mean I have to worry about every one of them. This is also known as knowing where the 'off' button is.

If you worry about how good the art is, you're never going to make your own art.

When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.

There's a plane flying over me and I'm looking forward to being able to relax and not worry about the weather or boat speed.

For every hour of pain I have had a day of pleasure. For every moment of worry, an hour of content.

Anxiety checks learning. A feeling of well being and respect stimulates an alert mind.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose

If things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too.

Don't worry about appeasing the establishment. Don't acquiesce to an alleged power. Be with the people, not the establishment. The guy that's sitting next to you, that's who you got to beware. Judas was sitting right next to Jesus.

If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

You'll find your life greatly simplified if you only worry about stuff you can fix.

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.

While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we fret about the decreasing cogency of public debate, computers dismiss linear argument and promote fast, shallow romps across the information landscape. While we worry about basic skills, we allow into the classroom software that will do a student's arithmetic or correct his spelling.

A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don't worry so much about what you can't do; just do what you can as only you can do it.

Seventy per cent of all patients who come to physicians could cure themselves if they got rid of their fears and worries.