The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.

More often than not, it's better to give up thinking, worrying and obsessing, in favour of faith that things will work out fine.

Don't worry about how something is going to happen, just know that it is all unfolding perfectly, whether you can see it or not.

Life punishes those who have things in abundance by making them worry about petty things like: what to wear, or, which car to drive.

It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix; it's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind If encouraged it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained

if people do not understand you outrightly, do not worry; understand people outrightly and act with wisdom, courage and understanding

That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

She knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it’s to tell her that something bad has happened.

When you're feeding the second coachload of tourists that day you aren't thinking about the birthday party for fifty next week.

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

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.

Grief has limits whereas apprehension has none For we grieve only for what we know has happened but we fear all that possibly may happen

Worry and regret are both useless weights that provide no drag. They never did anything to slow down the planet for one goddamned second.

When the dark clouds of doubt, anger or worry begin to move upon you, steady yourself in the knowledge that in time, the storm will pass.