The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
-Elbert Hubbard
"The Note Book"
Quotations
Worry
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
-George MacDonald
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.
-George MacDonald
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
We all worry about the population explosion, but we don’t worry about it at the right time.
-Arthur Hoppe
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
There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.
-Robert Brault
