Pray, and let God worry
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
—E. Joseph Cossman
If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is.
—Anonymous
Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about them?
—Unknown
A warrior never worries about his fear.
—Carlos Castaneda (1925–98) Peruvian-born American Anthropologist, Author
A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
Most people go through life dreading they’ll have a traumatic experience.
—Diane Arbus (1923–71) American Photographer
Let Go & Let GOD!
—Unknown
Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
No human thing is of serious importance.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.
—Marilyn Monroe (1926–62) American Actor, Model, Singer
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.
—Jean Anouilh (1910–87) French Dramatist
When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.
—George Burns (1896–1996) American Comedian
We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we’re not in the mood to act.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here
—Golda Meir (1898–1978) Israeli Head of State
Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
—Corrie Ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch Jewish Humanist
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
—Corrie Ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch Jewish Humanist
Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.
—Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author
We always have enough to be happy if we are enjoying what we do have—and not worrying about what we don’t have.
—Ken Keyes Jr. (1921–95) American Personal Growth Author
It would take battalions of angels to protect us from our dreaded dangers, though in a long lifetime few of the dangers come to anything.
—Unknown
Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) American Military Leader
I used to trouble about what life was for—now being alive seems sufficient reason.
—Marion Milner (‘Joanna Field’) (1900–98) British Writer, Psychoanalyst
Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?
—Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) Belgian Poet, Playwright, Essayist
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
I’ve developed a new philosophy … I only dread one day at a time.
—Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) American Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
It’s easier traveling the road of life when I don’t have so much to carry on my back.
—Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) American Neurologist, Writer