If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.
Bacteria and other microorganisms find it easier to infect people who worry and fret.
Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.
Worries are the most stubborn habits in the world. Even after a poor man has won a huge lottery prize, he will still for months wake up in the night with a start, worrying about food and rent.
There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?
Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.
It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains!
When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.
Anxiety is the poison of human life, the parent of many sins and of more miseries.... Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?
It only seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying.
A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
Worry is a futile thing, it's somewhat like a rocking chair, Although is keeps you occupied, it doesn't get you anywhere.
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 ever did a thing it "oughter."
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 change worry into thinking, and anxiety into creative action.
Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?
