We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
Quotations
Worry
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
-Julius Caesar
If things go wrong, don't go with them.
-Roger Babson
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.
-Anonymous
There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.
-Robert Brault
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
-Dean Smith
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.
-Robert Eliot
