Quotes about Anxiety

The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.

For all his gentleness and humility unto death on the Cross, God does not relinquish his attribute of being judge and consuming fire. Nothing is more majestic than his Passion; even his anxiety is sublime. And God never denies his attributes to those who are his light in the world. They shine like stars in the cosmos, and even their anxiety, if God allows it, bears the marks of their divine destiny.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —PHILIPPIANS 4:4—7

Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

Fear will make you stingy.

And Sleep will not lie down, but walks Wild-eyed and cries to Time.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery but the friction.—Henry Ward Beecher.

Business men who do not know how to fight worry die young.

if you are a chronic worrier, you may be stricken some day with one of the most excruciating pains ever endured by man: angina pectoris.

Confusion is the chief cause of worry.