We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
Quotations
Worry
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe
No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.
-George MacDonald
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
No matter how grave a problem you are stuck in, to resolve it you must know the
difference between 'thinking' and 'worrying'. Reflecting upon it, however complex
a problem may be, it soon gets solved; whereas worrying about the problem,
you are consumed by it.
-Deep Trivedi
If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.
-Anonymous
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry... Yesterday and Tomorrow.
-Robert Jones Burdette
