Worry quotes
3.5K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside worry — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it...and never give it back. Stop sweating the small stuff. Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us."
"Being happy is the cornerstone of all that you are! Nothing is more important than that you feel good! And you have absolute and utter control about that because you can choose the thought that makes you worry or the thought that makes you happy; the things that thrill you, or the things that worry you. You have the choice in every moment."
"Facts are too busy being true to worry about how you feel about them."
"Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it's time."
"He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect."
"Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. I live meanly and don't bother about life or honor ... and I live with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It is now about 15 years since I had a happy hour."
"Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can."
"Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future."
"Keep going don't worry about results. If you love it why does it matter?"
"Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people."
"Don't worry. You don't know enough to worry. . . . Who do you think you are that you should worry, for cryin' out loud. It's a total waste of time. It presupposes such a knowledge of the situation that it is, in fact, a form of hubris."
"What I know concerns me. What I don't know concerns me even more. What people aren't telling me worries me the most."
"Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called nominalist, an instrumentalist, a positivist, a realist, and several other ists. The technique seems refutation by denigration: If you can attach a label to my approach, you don't have to say what is wrong with it... I am sure that Einstein, Heisenberg and Dirac didn't worry about whether they were realists or instrumentalists."
"Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. A peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and rouble. It's becoming quiet so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand them and thus come up with creative solutions. It is learning to live in the present. Freedom from desire leads to inner peace."
"Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process."
"Worrying about a problem is not a strategy for change."
"Worry increases pressure; prayer releases peace."
"I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve."
"We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer distinguish between true and false, between the gangster's whim and the purest ideal."
"When you're a kid, you live carefree. You notice things that go on around you, but you live like a kid with no worries until you get to that certain age where trials and tribulations come and you gotta fight and stay on your toes. That's when survival instincts kick in."
