Why Worry?

I found these quotes the other day and thought they were rather thought-provoking!

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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith. ~Author Unknown

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which will never happen. ~James Russel Lowell

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~Leo Buscaglia

Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them. ~Author Unknown

I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number. ~Edith Armstrong

People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross. ~Author Unknown

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. ~Elbert Hubbard

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. ~Glenn Turner

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. ~Christian Nevell Bovee

For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. ~Author Unknown

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. ~Edward Everett Hale

We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. ~John Newton

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. ~Corrie ten Boom

Worry is rust upon the blade. ~Henry Ward Hughes

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

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. ~Josh Billings

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears. ~Montaigne

Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. ~Philip Gulley

Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there. ~Author Unknown