Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe
Quotations
Worry
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
We all worry about the population explosion, but we don’t worry about it at the right time.
-Arthur Hoppe
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.
-Mary C. Crowley
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.
-Robert Brault
We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
