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"
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
-George MacDonald
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"
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
-E. B. White
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
-Julius Caesar
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
-William Inge
