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100+ Anxiety Quotes to Help You Feel Calmer
100+ Anxiety Quotes to Help You Feel Calmer - Declutter The MindWhen you’re feeling anxious, worried, or scared about the future, anxiety quotes can help you feel like someone out there understands you and what you’re going through. As a long-time anxious person, I’ve compiled some of the best anxiety quotes to help you feel calmer on tough days but also to feel heard and understood. Here are 100+ anxiety quotes to read now:
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Anxiety Quotes
- “Please forgive me if I don’t talk much at times. It sometimes gets loud in my head.” – Unknown
- “It’s perfectly okay to admit you’re not okay.” – Unknown
- “Breathe darling. This is just a chapter. It’s not your whole story.” – S.C. Lourie
- “Mantra for Anxiety: This is not you. This is something moving through you. It can leave out of the same door it came in.” – James Clear
- “If you feel like you’re losing everything, remember trees lose their leaves every year and they stand tall and wait for better days to come.” – Unknown
- “She has been through hell. So believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles.” – E. Corona
- “Let your mind and heart rest for a while. You will catch up, the world will not stop spinning for you, but you will catch up. Take a rest.” – Cynthia Go
- “Stop beating yourself up for not being perfect. You were never designed to be anyway.” – Unknown
- Sometimes the sun hides behind the clouds, but the sun will come out shining again
- “Worrying is like walking around with an umbrella waiting for the rain.” – Unknown
Quotes About Anxiety
- “I don’t think people understand how stressful it is to explain what’s going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself. ” – Unknown
- “Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best.” – Unknown
- “Stop letting people who do so little for you, control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” – Unknown
- “The best use of creativity is imagination. The worst use of creativity is anxiety.” – Deepak Chopra
- “Stress is self-created, I decided to stop manufacturing it. We can choose an internal calm and joy even amid the chaos.” – Brendon Burchard
- “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran
- “You are bigger than what it making you anxious.” – Unknown
- “Until I am ready, let me be. I have to heal myself.” – Unknown
- “Your mountain may be harder to climb, but oh the view is divine.” – Jennae Cecelia
- “It’s okay to not be okay. Just don’t give up.” – Unknown
Anxiety Quotes About Love
- “Maybe the reason why you’re so scared about your relationship is because you finally have something you love but fear losing. Be as kind to people as you can be and you will always be loved.” – Declutter The Mind
- “Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.” – Anais Nin
- “Sometimes you have to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve.” – Unknown
- “After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn’t bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it’s a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it’s sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we’re doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.” – Paulo Coelho
- “I’m tired of fighting. For once, I want to be fought for.” – Unknown
- “You’ve tried enough. Maybe it’s time to let go.” – Unknown
- “Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” – Frank Ocean
- “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analysing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you could just leave the pieces on the floor and move on. ” – Tupac
- “It’s funny how sometimes the people you’d take a bullet for are the ones behind the trigger.” – Unknown
- “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
Depression and Anxiety Quotes
- “I like my music so loud I can’t hear my thoughts.” – Unknown
- “She was brave and strong and broken all at once.” – Anna Funder
- “She’s hurt mentally and emotionally. But everyday, she walks with a smile. ‘Cause that’s who she is: the girl who never stopped smiling.” – Unknown
- “Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma based response and fear-based distraction you’d be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down.” – Tutu Mora
- “I’m not lazy. I’m just exhausted from fighting my way through every single day.” – Mimi Love
- “Stop telling people no one will love them until they love themselves. Stop planting the idea in people’s brains that they are unworthy of love because of their own struggle. ” – @jackalltimelow
- “At the end of the day, tell yourself gently: ‘I love you, you did the best you could today, and even if you didn’t accomplish all you planned. I love you anyway.” – Unknown
- “Somewhere, there is a past you overflowing with so much pride looking at how far you’ve come.” – Unknown
- “Go easy on yourself. Whatever you do today, let it be enough.” – Buddhist Proverb
- “All I want is a clear mind and a happy heart.” – Dipti Bhoyar
- “I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, “Hi.” They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.”— Augusten Burroughs
- “I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth. ”— Daphne du Maurier
- “I’ve spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won’t leave, and fearing that it’s a matter of time before they figure me out and go.”— Shauna Niequist
- “Social anxiety results from being around people who are resolutely opposed to who you are.” – Stefan Molyneux
- “The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.” – Mignon McLaughlin
- “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” –Dr. Seuss
- “I have social anxiety. It’s easier up on stage because there’s security in being there. When I’m off stage I’m trying not to be a manic freak. I’m quite shy.” – Sia Furler
- “Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ” – Ann Brashares
- “A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.” – Lugwig Wittgenstein
- “You are not weak. People like us, we’re brave. We’re the ones who get up and face our worst fears every day. We keep fighting.” – Jen Wilde
Anxiety Quotes About Life
- “No one can pray and worry at the same time.” – Max Lucado
- “It is mental slavery to cling to things that have stopped serving its purpose in your life.” – Chinoye J. Chidolue
- “Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is an ocean.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure it all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset.” – Unknown
- “The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind you.” – Joel Osteen
- “I won’t let my pain turn my heart into something ugly. I will show you that surviving can be beautiful.” – Christy Ann Martine
- “I couldn’t heal because I kept pretending I wasn’t hurt.” – Unknown
- “Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions. ” – Unknown
- “If you feel anxious about an event before it happens, you’ll put yourself through the same mental state twice instead of just once.” – Unknown
Overcoming Anxiety Quotes
- “If it’s not going to matter in five years, don’t spend five minutes being upset about it.” – Unknown
- “You can’t calm the storm. So stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” – Timber Hawkeye
- “Breathe. You’re going to be okay. You’ve gotten through so many things in your life. You’ve got this.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will too.” – Jennae Cecilia
- “Fear thrives in a place of inaction. Overcome your anxiety by taking one small step forward.” – Sarah Boyd
- “You don’t have to control your thoughts, you just have to let them stop controlling you.” – Dan Millman
- “I know you’re sad, so I won’t tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to have a day. Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don’t give up on yourself just yet. It’ll get better. Until then, have a day.” – Unknown
- “Anxiety I will transform you into something useful and productive. I will not bow down to you.” – Jaeda Dewalt
- “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
- “Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.” – Rick Warren
Anxiety Quotes for Friends
- “Don’t assume I’m weak because I have panic attacks. You’ll never know the amount of strength it takes to face the world every day.” – Unknown
- “There are these moments you think you won’t survive. And then you survive.” – David Levithan
- “Anxiety is when the butterflies in your stomach turn into bees.” – Bridgett Devoue
- “It is both a blessing and a curse to feel everything so very deeply.” – Unknown
- “Too often, the only escape is sleep.” – Charles Bukowski
- “If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too. ” – Unknown
- “Don’t allows yourself to wake up with yesterday’s issues troubling your mind. Refuse to live backwards, see every day is a new chapter.” – Unknown
- “Just because I can’t explain the feelings causing my anxiety doesn’t make them less valid.” – Lauren Elizabeth
- “The quality of your life is where you live emotionally.” – Tony Robbins
- “Nothing about depression and anxiety is easy.” – Keisha Defliger
Quotes for Anxiety
- “Smile, breathe, go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Robert Tew
- “It’s so empowering to say “this isn’t serving me’ and walk away in peace.” – Unknown
- “Anything that costs you your peace is too expensive.” – Tenzin Gyatso
- “Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.” – Unknown
- You are going to overcome what you’re currently struggling with. Be patient. You’re going to be okay.
- “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. ” – Robert J. Sawyer
- “For me, a calm house, equals a calm heart, equals a calm life.” – Erica Layne
- “Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally…Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
- “The secret to living well is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.” – Tibetan Proverb
Positive Anxiety Quotes
- “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.” – Mandy Hale
- “Your anxiety is lying to you. You are loved and are going to be okay.” – Unknown
- “You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now.” – Olivia Benson
- “Choose to be optimistic. It feels better.” – Dalai Lama
- “Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible, that’s who you really are. Let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it.” – C. Assaad
- “Today I will not stress over the things I can’t control. ” – Unknown
- “You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before, and that, my love, is bravery.” – Unknown
- “Feel the feeling but don’t become the emotion. Witness it. Allow it. Release it.” – Crystal Andrus
- “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis
- “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” – Buddha
Deep Anxiety Quotes
- “A victory against my old friend anxiety.” – Lisa Wilson
- “Be brave enough to heal yourself even when it hurts.” – Bianca Sparacino
- “Too numb to feel anything.” – Unknown
- “She was always fighting a battle, but her smile would never tell you so.” – Nikki Rowe
- “They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential” – Taylor Swift
- “Just because I carry it well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.” – Unknown
- “Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but doesn’t get you anywhere.” – English Proverb
- “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca
- “Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart.” – William C. Hannan
- “The minute you let anxiety flow freely is the minute you stop fearing it.” – Unknown
Anxiety Attack Quotes
- “Don’t assume I’m weak because I have panic attacks. You’ll never know the amount of strength it takes to face the world each day.” – Unknown
- “Living with anxiety, turning up and doing stuff with anxiety takes a strength most will never know.” – Unknown
- This is only temporary. You’ll get through this too.
- “The truth is some days I don’t give it my best. I don’t even give it my all. I can only manage to give it my some, and it’s not even that great. But I’m still here and I’m still trying.” – Nanea Hoffman
- You are so much stronger than your anxiety.
- You’re not going to die. I know that heart of yours is pounding hard and fast. You’ll get through this. Now take a deep breath in… hold it…. Release.
- “You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” – Unknown
- “Remember: There is nothing wrong with having an anxiety attack. It doesn’t mean you’re weak or broken or flawed.” – Unknown
- “The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind you.” – Joel Osteen
- “It’s disrepectful, in my opinion, when people talk about anxiety attacks as if they’re just a slight hiccup.” – Unknown
Quotes About Stress and Anxiety
- “It’s not stress that kills us. It’s our reaction to it.” – Hans Seyle
- “Stress is the alarm clock that lets you know you’ve attached to something not true for you.” – Byron Katie
- “Stop thinking about everything so much, you’re breaking your own heart.” – Unknown
- “A year from now everything your stressing about won’t mean a thing.” – Nitya Prakash
- “Some day everything will make sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.” – Unknown
- “You cannot heal in the same environment where you got sick.” – Unknown
- “I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. And it will be okay because I won’t quit.” – Shayne Mcclendon
- “I lied and said I was busy. I was busy but not in a way most people understand. I was busy taking deeper breaths. I was busy silencing irrational thoughts. I was busy calming a racing heart. I was busy telling myself I am okay. Sometimes this is my busy and I will not apologize for it.” – B. Oakman
- “Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.” – Unknown
- “Spend time with people who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.” – Unknown
Funny Anxiety Quotes
- “I have two moods: constant panic and worry about every little detail and YOLO” – Unknown
- “Life would be a million times better if there were pinatas strategically placed throughout the day. ” – Unknown
- “Me: What could possibly go wrong? Anxiety: I’m glad you asked.” –Unknown
- “If anxiety burned calories, I’d be a supermodel.” – Unknown
- “I stress about stress before there’s even stress to stress about. Then I stress about stressing over stress that doesn’t need to be stressed about. It’s stressful.” – Unknown
- “The chill pill I took this morning seems to be a placebo.”
- “Everyone thinks I’m overdramatic when I’m stressed. When an octopus is stressed, it eats itself. Now that’s overdramatic.” – Unknown
- “Let’s just say my anxieties, have anxieties.” – Unknown
- “I came. I saw. I had anxiety… so I left.” – Unknown
- “I’m somewhere between giving up and seeing how much more I can take.” – Unknown
Inspirational Quotes for Anxiety
- “When thinking about the future, remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” – Unknown
- I deserve a break from my own thoughts.
- “People cry not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong too long.” – Johnny Depp
- “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennet
- “Don’t forget that you’re human. It’s okay if you have a meltdown. Just don’t unpack and live there. Cry it out. Then refocus on where your headed.” – Unknown
- “If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou
- The most dangerous place in the world is often within your own mind. So don’t be afraid to step outside of it to find your peace.
- “I don’t think people realize how much strength it takes to pull your own self out of a dark place mentally. If you did that today or any other day, I’m proud of you.” – Horacio Jones
- “What if… everything you are going through is preparing you for what you asked for?”
- “Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. ” – Renee Jain
Bible Verses About Anxiety
- “Cast all your anxiety on Him because he cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7
- “Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10
- “Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” – John 14:27
- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6
- “For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” – 2 Timothy 1:7
- “When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” – Psalm 61:2
- “But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” – 1 Peter 3:4
- “Do not be anxious about tomorrow.” – Matthew 6:34
- “I have told you these things so that you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart. I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33
- “I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:13
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165 Anxiety Quotes to Keep You Calm When You Feel Stressed Out
by Jessa Pangilinan
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In today’s fast-paced world, stress is an ever-present companion for most people.
In America alone, around 40 million adults are diagnosed with anxiety disorders and depression brought on by stress. These have become the most common mental disorders in the country.
Although some types of stress offer some positive benefits, most people experience stress that stems from fear of failing, losing someone you care about, or of being doomed.
Some of the ways people have used to overcome stress include
- simplifying their lives
- learning to manage their time effectively
- doing meditation and practicing mindfulness
- creating meaningful relationships
- learning to be assertive when they were used to saying “yes” to the demands on their personal lives
Reading uplifting words can also be a powerful method of keeping calm when stress threatens to overwhelm you.
Words that inspire can soothe a frazzled mind and comfort the agitated soul. In this post, 165 anxiety quotes are handpicked for their ability to uplift people from their distress. We feature overcoming anxiety quotes, inspirational quotes for anxiety sufferers, and inspirational quotes about depression and anxiety.
First, let me present overcoming anxiety quotes to remind you that “this, too, shall pass.” The following quotes serve as an inspiration to always look for the silver lining in every dark cloud.
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Overcoming Anxiety Quotes
- “Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” – Deepak Chopra
- “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” – Dan Millman
- “Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” – Walter Anderson
- “P.S. You’re not going to die. Here’s the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you’ll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired…it’s not going to kill you. Ask anyone who’s been through it.” – Danielle LaPorte
- “Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Olin Miller
- “You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” – Wayne Dyer
- “Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be.” – Jennifer Elisabeth
- “Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. ” – Ali Ibn Abi Talib
- “It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” – Mandy Hale
- “Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.” – Paulo Coelho
- “I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran
- “He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.” – William Shakespeare
- “You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you. ” – Bianca Sparacino
- “Hey you, keep living. It won’t always be this overwhelming.” – Jacqueline Whitney
- “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths.” – Etty Hillesum
- “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill
- “If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” – Dean Smith
- “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” – Robert Eliot
- “Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.” – Mary Hemingway
- “If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.” – Steven Hayes
- “What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.” – Martha Graham
- “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “If you can’t fly then run; if you can’t run then walk; if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer
- “At the end of the day, tell yourself gently: ‘I love you, you did the best you could today, and even if you didn’t accomplish all you had planned, I love you anyway.” – Anonymous
- “[Slow breathing] is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: The anchor won't make the storm go away, but it will hold you steady until it passes. ” – Russ Harris
- “You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.” – Grenville Kleiser
- “Life is 10% of what you experience and 90% of how you respond to it.” – Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
- No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” – Virginia Woolf
- “I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe. And it will be okay because I don't quit.” – Shayne McClendon
- “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” – Epictetus
- “Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott
- “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
- “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
- “In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.” – Mitch Albom
- “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle
- “When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark.” – Oscar Hammerstein II
- “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” – William S. Burroughs
- “How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, ‘Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?’ To which the man responded, ‘That's your worry’” – Max Lucado
- “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
- “Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you because it will.” – Cheryl Strayed
- “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa
- “When I let go of what I am, I become what I want to be.” – Lao Tzu
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” – Edwin Elliot
- “For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” – Lily Tomlin
- “You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” – Eckhart Tolle
- “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou
- “More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” – Marcus Aurelius
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey.” – Robin Hobb
- “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” – Roy Bennett
- “The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve.” – Charles F. Glassman
- “Don’t assume I’m weak because I have panic attacks. You’ll never know the amount of strength it takes to face the world every day.” – Unknown
- “Just because I can’t explain the feelings causing my anxiety doesn’t make them less valid.” – Lauren Elizabeth
- “I just give myself permission to suck. I find this hugely liberating.” – John Green
- “The universe doesn’t allow perfection.” – Stephen Hawking
- “Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Robert Tew
- “Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.” – Anais Nin
- “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” – Erma Bombeck
- “I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, not just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.” – Carl Sandburg
- “Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” – Jodi Picoult
- “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “The way you tell your story to yourself matters.” – Amy Cuddy
- “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Henry S. Haskins
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
- “Don’t settle: Don’t finish crappy books. If you don’t like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you’re not on the right path, get off it.” – Chris Brogan
- “Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others or even ourselves as worthy of love.” – Prem Prakash
- “You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King
- “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we’re taking on too much, but because we’re taking on too little of what really strengthens us.” – Marcus Buckingham
- “Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.” – Karen Salmansohn
Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Henry Stanley Haskins
- “Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy at the moment.” – J. Donald Walters
- “We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually, you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.” – Nick Saban
- “A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.” – Aesop
- “Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.” – Ana Monnar
- “I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. ‘Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.’” – E. B. White
- “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston S. Churchill
- “Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency.” – Natalie Goldberg
- “The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.” – William James
- “Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.” – Thomas Carlyle
- “If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” – The Dalai Lama
If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” – The Dalai Lama
- “It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains!” – Alice Caldwell Rice
- “To live by worry is to live against reality.” – E. Stanley Jones
- “Worrying about outcomes over which I have no control is punishing myself before the universe has decided whether I ought to be punished.” – Sherry Thomas
- “Worry in the dark can make it even darker.” – Camron Wright
- “You’re worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?” – Shannon Celebi
- “Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.” – Grenville Kleiser
- “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” – Amit Ray
- “Never let life’s hardships disturb you … no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.” – Nichiren Daishonen
- “Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.” – Astrid Alauda
- “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin
- “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
- “Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.” – Pema Chodron
- “Today’s a perfect day for a whole new start. Let go of fear and free your mind. It’s time to open your heart.” – Chris Butler
- “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, she became a butterfly.” – Barbara Haines Howett
- “Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” – Christopher Reeve
- “Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.” – Matt Lucas
- “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” – Madeleine L’Engle
- “There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.” – C. S. Lewis
- “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear (that results) from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.” – Stephan Hoeller
- “The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.” – Alain de Botton
- “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers
- “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.” – Zig Ziglar
- “The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication. ” – Daniel Goleman
- “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
- “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” – Arthur Somers Roche
- “Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us.” – Nicole Reed
- “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” – Charles Spurgeon
- “In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go.” – Jack Kornfield
- “Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.” – Anonymous
- “There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.” – Bernard-Paul Heroux
- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ” – Henry Ford
- “Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.” – Ruth E. Renkel
- “My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it.” – Hugh Prather
- “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” – David Mamet
- “A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” – Joyce Meyer
- “Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect—on any front—and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.” – Fred Rogers
- “You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.” – Pearl S. Buck
- “When you feel overwhelmed, remember: A little at a time is how it gets done. One thing, one task, one moment at a time.” – Anonymous
- “All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re traveling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.” – Seneca
- “Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.” – Glenn Turner
- “We labor at our daily work more ardently and thoughtlessly than is necessary to sustain our life because it is even more necessary not to have the leisure to stop and think. Haste is universal because everyone is in flight from himself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Fear exists only in your mind, not in nature. Detach yourself, be strong, trust life, and become life.” – Maxime Lagacé
- “Cultivate calm and stillness: let go of anxiety as a lifestyle.” – Brené Brown
- “Life is 10 percent what you experience and 90 percent how you respond to it. ” – Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
- “Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don't agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ.” – C.S. Lewis
- “Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by the degree of presence.” – Alan Watts
- “No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Buddha
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. ” – Buddha
- “No longer forward nor behind I look in hope and fear; But grateful take the good I find, The best of now and here.” – John G. Whittier
- “Rather than relaxing and enjoying who we are and what we’re doing, we are comparing ourselves with an ideal and trying to make up for the difference.” – Tara Brach
- “Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.” – Dalai Lama
- “I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.” – Erica Jong
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.” – Pema Chödrön
- “Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” – Corrie Ten Boom
- “Stepping out of the busyness is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.” – Tara Brach
- “The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.” – Rick Warren
- “Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. What is anything in life compared to the peace of the soul?” – Francis de Sales
- “To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self… And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self.” – Søren Kierkegaard
- “Stop being tormented by everyone else’s reaction to you.” – Joyce Meyer
- “Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.” – Brené Brown
- “I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into my life and need someone to love them beyond reason.” – Jennifer Elisabeth
- “True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied, for he that is wants nothing.” – Seneca
True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied, for he that is wants nothing.” – Seneca
- “Life is not a tension anywhere except in the minds of humanity.” – Osho
- “The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable.” – Oscar Wilde
- “If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty or back to pain and regret.” – Jim Carrey
- “Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back.” – Jennifer Elisabeth
- “Chronic anxiety is a state more undesirable than any other, and we will try almost any maneuver to eliminate it. Modern man is living in anxious anticipation of destruction. Such anxiety can be easily eliminated by self-destruction. As a German saying puts it: ‘Better an end with terror than a terror without end.” – Robert E. Neale
Final Thoughts on Anxiety Quotes
Stress is actually a good thing when it comes in small doses. Nevertheless, you have to be aware that if you allow yourself to be stressed all the time, your health and well-being suffer.
If stress is threatening to overwhelm your life in a way that debilitates you and prevents you from doing regular daily tasks, it would be a good idea to get professional help.
Well, how do you cope with stress? We’d appreciate learning about your experience. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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30 inspirational quotes about change and instability in life
October 11, 2020 Life
They will help you to accept any situation.
Change can be wonderful or it can be frightening. In any case, thanks to them, we learn something new and grow. If you feel anxiety about the fact that life is changing, open this collection, you will find support and inspiration in it.
1. “Yesterday I was smart and that's why I wanted to change the world. Today I have become wise, and therefore I am changing myself” (Jalaladdin Rumi, Persian poet).
2. “Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” (André Gide, French writer and playwright).
3. “All great changes are preceded by chaos” (Deepak Chopra, physician and author of books on spirituality and alternative medicine).
4. “Experiencing a painful experience is like hanging from a walking stick. At some point, you will have to let him go in order to move on” (Clive Lewis, writer, author of The Chronicles of Narnia).
5. Sometimes, by breaking the good things, you can put together something better.
Marilyn Monroe
American actress, singer and model
6. “To improve means to change, and to be perfect means to change often” (Winston Churchill, British statesman and politician).
7. “True life does not take place where great external changes are made, where they move, collide, fight, kill each other, but it occurs only where slight, imperceptible changes are made in the spiritual consciousness of people” (Leo Tolstoy .Reading circle).
8. “Change is the end result of all true learning” (Leo Buscaglia, writer and motivational speaker).
9. “The turn of the road is not the end of the road, unless, of course, you have time to turn around” (Helen Keller, writer, public figure).
10. The main measure of the mind is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein
theoretical physicist, public figure-humanist
11. “There is no progress without struggle” (Frederick Douglass, writer and educator).
12. “Where there is hope, there is life. She again fills with courage and gives strength ”(Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, a native of Germany, the author of the diary of the same name).
13. "People who know how to change over and over again are much more reliable and happier than those who can't" (Stephen Fry. Moab is my wash bowl).
14. “Not every change leads to improvements, but in order to improve something, you must first change it” (Georg Lichtenberg, scientist, philosopher and publicist).
15. “In every change, in every fallen leaf, there is both pain and beauty. And that is how new leaves grow.” (Amit Ray, writer and spiritual teacher)
16. I can sum up everything I've learned about life in two words: it goes on.
Robert Frost
poet
17. “A person who is not ashamed of what he was a year ago does not learn enough” (Alain de Botton, writer, philosopher).
18. "We are products of our past, but we do not have to be hostages of this past" (Rick Warren, writer, pastor).
19. “Incredible life changes happen when you choose to take control of what you can, instead of craving control over what you can't” (Steve Maraboli, business consultant, author).
20. “If we don't change, we don't develop. And if we don’t develop, then we don’t really live” (Gale Sheehy, writer, author of the book “Age Crises”).
21. When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are required to change ourselves.
Viktor Frankl
"Man's Search for Meaning"
22. "You are exactly as young as the time has passed since you last changed your mind" (Timothy Leary, psychologist, LSD researcher).
23. “In any case, changes will come. They can be bloody, or they can be beautiful. It depends on ourselves” (Arundhati Roy, writer).
24. “It is not given to us to return yesterday, but what will happen tomorrow depends on us” (Lyndon Johnson, 36th US President).
25. Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apologies you never received.
Robert Brolt
writer
26. “You outgrow some people. Let yourself have it” (Mandy Hale, author of Single lady).
27. “Everyone has the opportunity to change and develop to their last breath” (M. F. Ryan).
28. “The only immutable law is that everything changes. The hardships that I endured today are only a hair away from the pleasures of tomorrow, and these pleasures will be even more joyful from the memories of what I endured ”(Louis Lamour, writer, author of Westerns).
29. “We must let go of the life we have planned in order to embrace the one that awaits us” (Joseph Campbell, mythologist).
30. “It's never too late or - in my case - never too early to become what you want to become. There is no time limit, you can start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same - there are no rules ”(Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).
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This is a selection of quotes about worry, anxiety. They are needed by those who are having a hard time now, who are afraid to look into the future, crying over the present. But we believe these quotes about anxiety will inspire you to overcome your worries. Be sure to read them. And let these anxiety quotes help you put your fears in perspective so you can be productive and take care of yourself.
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We humans seem to worry all the time. We worry about big things like money, family, work and love. We worry about whether our socks fit and whether our teeth are white enough. We are especially concerned about what other people think of us. As you look through the following quotes about anxiety and anxiety, you will know that worry does not help us solve any problems. In fact, anxiety creates problems on its own.
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But why are we so worried? Some people think that worry is our mind's way of reminding us of our problems and motivating us to solve them. If you're not using worry to help you get things done, then you're just wasting your time and making yourself feel bad about worrying. This collection of inspiring, wise and helpful quotes and sayings about worry, anxiety and stress, collected from various sources, will help you realize this fact, save time and redirect your energy to productive activities.
How can anxiety be described? For some, anxiety is in the background of the mind, emotions almost all the time. There are times when it rises and becomes pronounced, and sometimes it decreases so that it disappears a little more. Sooner or later, the psyche gets used to this constant tension, finds ways to manage it and keep it at a relatively low level. But the slightest "something is wrong" and anxiety grows instantly.
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What do you feel when you are anxious
In anxiety, it is common to constantly think that something bad will happen. Either now or tomorrow. And when "it doesn't work out the way I think/plan". Thoughts literally fixate on the bad and constantly play out bad scenarios for the development of any event. From this, various negative things actually begin to happen. Something breaks, falls, burns, money does not come, the date disappears. This feeds anxiety and a person has a nervous trembling (which means that he will easily forget something, drop it - that's a negative event). Or anger - he is "furious" that someone did not come to the meeting and breaks down on others who really need the aggression of an outsider and they also do something rude in response. Someone starts fussing and pleasing - because they are trying to direct life in a "good" direction. Others pump over hypervigilance, control everything and everyone, don’t sleep, don’t eat, get sick (and again think: here you are, I should have weakened control and everything became terribly bad).
What to do when there is anxiety in the soul
When a person realizes that his anxiety has become irrational, connected with nothing or everything, it is better to go to the doctor. There have been anti-anxiety drugs for a long time, many of which even help relieve social anxiety, help you become more sociable. To know what causes the most anxiety, you can make a list of triggers - cases, situations due to which it is activated. For each of them, you can develop a method of struggle. For example, anxiety increases if you cannot fall asleep according to the daily routine. What can be done without damage to yourself and health? Someone to postpone going to bed half an hour later. Another to read a book. Third, take a walk. Quotes from our selection allow not only to understand that anxiety can and should be dealt with, but also to give ideas on how this can be done.
Proverbs and sayings about anxiety and anxiety
The wisdom of the people of the past made it possible to formulate simple and understandable phrases about anxiety, anxiety and nervous expectation. Generations before us were also worried about the future, so we understand the meaning of quotes and sayings right away.
- The day after tomorrow is the hardest thing to endure.
- You cannot change the fact that the birds of anxiety and sadness are flying over your head. But you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.
- Anxiety casts a big shadow on little things.
- Little worries make many words, big worries are mute.
- Anxiety is like a precious treasure that you only show to your friends.
- The old worry more than the rich.
- Worry eats even the wise as rust eats iron.
- All tomorrow. And new worries too.
- Too much worry breaks the glass of the soul and mind.
- Worry, but not too much. There is only what God wants.
- Rough advice becomes a big concern.
- Worrying too much makes you old too early.
- Poor is he who has turned gray from worries.
- A pound of worries does not pay you by weight.
- Worries alone cannot break a straw.
Worry and Anxiety Quotes
If you like succinct, meaningful phrases from books, read our collection of quotes about stress, anxiety, which will teach you tips on how to better deal with your fears in your soul.
- When days pass without worries, it is an empty life, half a life, but a gifted person who can choose his worries is happy. Oskar Blumenthal
- When days pass without worries, it is an empty life, half a life, but a gifted person who can choose his worries is happy. — Oskar Blumenthal
- Caring is due to old age, so that youth can be carefree for a while. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Get away from me, worries! But alas! Mortal man, do not let go of anxiety until life leaves him. If it ever be, then come, care for love, Cast out your brothers and sisters, take and establish my heart! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Anxiety creeps through the keyhole. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Happy is he who is carefree; happier, I think, who is full of worries, if they are correct: worries about reducing the suffering of others, worries about preventing injustice, weaving a wreath for someone else's dignity; worries, in the most difficult days to bear other people's worries. - A. Green
- Most of the anxiety is unreasonable fear. — Carl Hilley
- One can have very many and great sorrows and still not feel unhappy, but find in this sorrow such uplifting food for the mind and spirit that one does not want to exchange this feeling for any other. — Wilhelm von Humboldt
- Caring is an attitude towards life. — Soren Kierkegaard
- Don't trust a restless mind! — Christopher Lehmann
- With whom does Gore like to stay and to whom does he prefer to move? With those who care about him and think about him diligently. — Friedrich Freiherr von Logau
- Worry is almost as good as expectation. Life becomes unbearable for those who have neither joys nor sorrows. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The best antidote to many worries is one worry. — Guy de Maupassant
- Grief eats away life. - William Shakespeare
- Evil is so hateful in itself that whoever just talks about it does not remain harmless. — William Shakespeare
- Anxiety does not resist, it harms and consumes. - William Shakespeare
- Human suffering shimmers with many colors, and real worries never wear such feathers. — Aeschylus
- Sorrow, first take shape! Only formless fears and torments torment. But as soon as the enemy turned face to face, the victory is half won. — Franz Grillparzer
- Worry makes you old before your time. —Jesus Sirach
Quotes from smart books and scientific works about anxiety
We all do something to try to cope with anxiety. But sometimes there is not enough simple inspiration to start doing it. There is just no energy or mood. And quotes about anxiety and fear from books written by people who have had a lot of anxiety and stress in life can come to the rescue.
- Don't worry about it the next morning; for tomorrow he will take care of himself. It is enough that each day has its own plague. - bible
- Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose. — Eckhart Tolle
- Anxiety does not take away its sadness tomorrow, it takes away its strength today. — Corrie Ten Boom
- A day of worry is more tiring than a day of work. — John Lubbock
- Worry is the worst poison in the stomach. — Alfred Nobel
- What worries you takes possession of you. — John Locke
- Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. — Brian Tracy
- Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. — Theodore Roosevelt
- Without worries and illnesses, I would be like a ship without a rudder. — Edvard Munch
- Error in judgment is not fatal, but excessive anxiety about judgment is fatal.
- A crust eaten in peace is better than a feast eaten in anxiety. — Aesop
- The truth is that there is no real stress or anxiety in the world; it is your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking. — Wayne Dyer
- Comedy is probably a way to deal with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way to deal with pain. — Hugh Grant
- Take your attention away from worries and anxieties for a while. Remind yourself of all your many blessings. — Ralph Marston
Clever Anxiety Quotes to Help You Deal with Your Fears
Anxiety is a common emotional response that can affect a wide variety of people, from the average person to the most famous minds. Don't believe? Look at the quotes below and see how correctly those who we call great describe anxiety and feelings with it. And feel the hope that comes from these quotes about anxiety and dealing with it.
- The biggest mistake you can make in life is to constantly be afraid that you will make it - Elbert Hubbard
- I say that I am stronger than fear. — Malala Yousafzai
- Terrible disbelief is disbelief in oneself. — Thomas Carlyle
- There is no hope without fear and no fear without hope. — Baruch Spinoza
- Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we have learned here. — Marianne Williamson
- The oldest and most powerful human emotion is fear, and the oldest and most powerful kind of fear is the fear of the unknown. — Lovecraft
- Always do what you fear. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There are things that a person is afraid to say even to himself, and every decent person has many such things in his head. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
- To those who are in fear, everything is noisy. — Sophocles
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Inspirational quotes and beautiful words about anxiety and how it is not eternal
These quotes are excerpts and sayings about anxiety that can be found in books, collected essays. Quotes from "The Winter of Our Anxiety" by Steinbeck and the book by Robert Elliot, sermons of priests and speeches of politicians - anxiety is familiar to everyone.
- Her forehead was a labyrinth of anxious little furrows, because all her life she had been wondering if everything was okay within reach. — Tana French
- Hot-tempered people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their own worries distracts them from their goals. — Winifred Gallagher
- Every moment of worry, worry or stress represents a lack of faith in miracles because they never stop. — T. F. Hodge
- She knows that feeling too. Believing that every time someone says her name, it means something bad has happened. — Melina Marchetta
- When I have nothing to worry about, I do. Nothing comes to a person as naturally as anxiety and restlessness. — Brian Richardson
- All of this surprise was a weather vane atop a building of unrest and discontent. — Steinbeck
- Worrying about every little thing will eventually stop you forever. Risk yourself. Start living without fear. Stop wasting your own life. Just go for it!” — Christine E. Szymanski
- Worry is using your imagination to create something you don't want. — Abraham Hicks
- Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. — Glenn Turner
- There's no point in worrying about things you can't control. — John Bercow
- I can't go through my life worrying about things that might never happen. — Bill Parcells
- When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of an old man who said on his deathbed that he had many problems in life, most of which never happened. — Winston Churchill
- People are so used to worrying that if you save them from drowning and lay them on the beach to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and buns, they wonder if they have a cold. — John Jay Chapman
- Our fatigue is often caused not by work but by worry, frustration and resentment. - Dale Carnegie
- To worry is to carry tomorrow's load with today's strength - to carry two days at once. He moves into tomorrow ahead of time. — Corrie Ten Boom
- Most of the things I worry about never happen. — Tom Petty
- Forgetting the past and indulging in other interests, I forget to worry. — Jack Dempsey
- If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying down and worrying. You are worried about anxiety, not lack of sleep. — Dale Carnegie
- Worrying gets you nowhere. — Van Wilder
- Our fatigue is often caused not by work but by worry, frustration, and resentment. — Dale Carnegie
- Nothing exhausts the body like worry, and anyone who believes in God even a little should be ashamed to worry about anything. — Mahatma Gandhi
- Worry is spiritual myopia. The cure for it is reasonable faith. — Paul Brunton
- Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you get older, it will avoid you. — Joey Adams
- Don't worry about what people say or think. Be yourself. — Brett Hull
- After all, life is too short to worry. — Lauren Ash
- Pray and let God worry. — Martin Luther
Helping Yourself In Moments Of Acute Stress
Quotes About Anxiety And Confidence
Also read these helpful quotes about the frenzy of anxiety and how to stay sane in the chaos of life. May these wise statuses and sayings create an island of peace in your heart.
- You gain strength, courage, and confidence in every experience that you actually stop to face fear. You can say to yourself: I survived this horror. I can accept the next thing that comes up - Eleanor Roosevelt.
- You must be confident in your competence. — Elijah Cummings
- Action is the great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but also the cause of fear. Perhaps the action you have taken will be successful; perhaps other actions or adjustments will follow. But any action is better than complete inaction. — Norman Vincent Peel
- I like to be inspired by what has been done well in the past. So I don't worry about being compared because I think it will paralyze you. — Kenneth Branagh
- I believe that everyone should have a broad understanding of how the universe works and our place in it. This is the basic desire of man. And it also puts our worries in perspective. — Stephen Hawking
- Never let the future bother you. You will meet him, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason that arm you today against the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Anxiety is God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the blush from the cheeks and the lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite and makes the hair gray. — Benjamin Disraeli
- This is the secret of life - replace one worry with another. — Charles M. Schultz
- I learned not to worry about love; but honor his coming with all your heart. — Alice Walker
- There is a big difference between worry and anxiety. A worried person sees the problem, and a worried person solves the problem. — Harold Stephen
- Don't worry about your heart, it will serve you as long as you live. — Paul Tolle
- If the problem is fixable, if the situation is such that something can be done about it, then there is nothing to worry about. If it's not fixable, then there's nothing to worry about. There is no use in worrying. — Dalai Lama
- It's okay to be afraid. Being scared means you're about to do something very, very brave. — Mandy Hale
Cool quotes about anxiety and overcoming it
As Carl Jung said, "The only danger that exists is man himself." And in this quote about anxiety, Jung expressed his most honest thought. Everything is in the hands of a person: put up with anxiety or start fighting it. For those who embark on the path of struggle, we hope these cool quotes about anxiety, fear and stress and their destructive possibilities will help.
- Worry a little every day and you will lose a couple of years in your life. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry will never fix anything. — Mary Hemingway
- An old man's duty is to take care of his younger ones. And the duty of the young is to neglect the cares of the old. — Philip Pullman
- I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend. — Noah Baumbach
- Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart and mind, confidence is the key to all locks. — Joe Paterno
- With confidence, you won before you even started. — Marcus Garvey
- People get attached to their burden sometimes more than the burden to them. — George Bernard Shaw
- Don't worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I assure you, mine are even better. — Albert Einstein
- Instead of worrying about what you can't control, put your energy into what you can create. — Roy T.