41 Quotes About Worrying Less

There are some fundamental beliefs to dealing with worry and stress. These quotes about worrying less serve as just a few examples of how to take a step back and seek resolution in your life.

“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.”

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

“Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself.”

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”

“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”

“He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.”

“How much pain have cost us the evils that have never happened.”

“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.”

“If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.”

“If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.”

“If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched.”

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”

“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.”

“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.”

“No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future.”

“No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.”

“People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.”

“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.”

“Problems are meant to be solved, but unfortunately, a lot of people choose to complain, worry, and cry about them.”

“She tried to worry that something terrible had happened to him, but didn’t believe it for a moment. Nothing terrible ever happened to him, though she was beginning to think that it was time it damn well did. ”

“The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.”

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

“The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.”

“The more you overthink the less you will understand.”

“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.”

“The only thing you will ever accomplish by worrying is to elevate your stress levels.”

“There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.”

“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.”

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

“What worries you, masters you.”

“Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.”

“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.”

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”

“Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.”

“Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.”

“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.”

“Worrying about it takes precious time and attention away from your priorities and increases your feelings of dissatisfaction about life.”

“You’re worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?”

There are many ways you can go about stopping the worry and anxiety in your life.