We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
Quotations
Worry
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.
-Anonymous
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
-George MacDonald
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
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
-Julius Caesar
There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry... Yesterday and Tomorrow.
-Robert Jones Burdette
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.
-Mary C. Crowley
