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"I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon."
"I have always believed that the key to a happy marriage was the ability to say with a straight face, 'Why, I don't know what you're worrying about. I thought you were very funny last night and I'm sure everybody else did, too."
"There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you to ignore it."
"On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least."
"Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them."
"You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition."
"There is no passion so contagious as that of fear."
"Now if I worry too much about all my have nots, I might not recognize just what I've got."
"Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion."
"If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows."
"Do not worry about your career. Concern yourself with your vocation, and that is to be lovers of Jesus."
"Brianna dropped the skateboard in front of Sam. "Don't worry: I won't let you fall off." "Yeah? Then why did you bring the helmet?" Brianna tossed it to him. "In case you fall off."
"The only thing is worrying about sleeping. If I have to be up early I worry about being able to get to sleep."
"If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers."
"As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry."
"Give your problem all the thought you possibly can before a solution is reached. But when the matter is settled and over with, worry not at all."
"In Europe people don't worry about the body."
"Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it."
"People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?"
"I worry that I'll go down to the dock, and that my ship will have already come and gone. I'll miss my boat." And we say, another boat, another boat, another boat. You have no idea how many boats are coming to your dock. It's a steady stream, and it doesn't matter how many of them you've missed."
