We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.
-John Lancaster Spalding
Quotations
Worry
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
-James Russell Lowell
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
-Theodore N. Vail
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
-George Bernard Shaw
I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.
-William Powell
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.
-Robert Eliot
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
-Michel De Montaigne
"Essays"
Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
-E. B. White
If worrying were an Olympic sport, you'd get the gold for sure.
-Anonymous
