He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Quotations
Worry
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
-Elbert Hubbard
"The Note Book"
Little minds have little worries; big minds have no time for worries.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
-William Inge
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
-George MacDonald
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
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
