Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
Quotations
Worry
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
-Theodore N. Vail
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
-George MacDonald
If things go wrong, don't go with them.
-Roger Babson
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
-William Inge
There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.
-Robert Brault
If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.
-Anonymous
