He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Quotations
Worry
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
We all worry about the population explosion, but we don’t worry about it at the right time.
-Arthur Hoppe
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
-Julius Caesar
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.
-Robert Eliot
There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-E. W. Howe
Worry is a misuse of imagination.
-Dan Zadra
