Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
Quotations
Worry
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
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
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
-Dean Smith
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
-George Bernard Shaw
Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
-E. B. White
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
-Elbert Hubbard
"The Note Book"
