We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
Quotations
Worry
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
-William Inge
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
-Dan Zadra
We all worry about the population explosion, but we don’t worry about it at the right time.
-Arthur Hoppe
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
-Julius Caesar
If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.
-Anonymous
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry... Yesterday and Tomorrow.
-Robert Jones Burdette
