Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe
Quotations
Worry
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
-William Inge
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
-Dan Zadra
We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
-George Bernard Shaw
There is always sufficient reason for despair, but there is never sufficient purpose.
-Robert Brault
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
-Elbert Hubbard
"The Note Book"
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
