Worry Quotes - Wise Words about Letting Go of Worry

Worry Quotes -
Wise Words about Letting Go of Worry

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Using worry quotes as a tool for breaking the cycle of endless chatter that our minds often subject us to can be very effective. Powerful and calming words help remind us that worry is counter-productive, usually groundless, and one of the most destructive habits we can have. Quotes can give our over-active minds an alternative point of focus, and help to calm and still our thoughts.

Worry creates stress, anxiety and fear, and clouds our minds. Worry quotes give us simple, powerful phrases that we can put in place of the stressful thoughts that are produced by worrying, and can help to stop the vicious circle these thoughts create.

If you have ever tried to stop worrying, you may have found that the more you try to stop, the more you worry. And then worry about worrying, worry about how to stop worrying, on top of the original worry! It is no wonder we sometimes can feel like we are literally driving ourselves crazy!

Instead of focusing on trying to stop the worry, which is like trying to stop a speeding train with our bare hands, we need to give our agitated minds a distraction. Using worry quotes can provide a positive and powerful diversion, and repeating some phrases a few times gives the turmoil that worry has created in our minds a chance to settle.

As well as keeping some favorite worry quotes handy, using some worry-busting affirmations can be very helpful. This way, if you find yourself starting to get into a worry cycle while you are driving, walking, or even working, you can replace your mind’s worry chatter with your calming affirmations. Repeating a phrase such as, “My mind and heart are filled with peace,” over and over again can be very effective in taking the focus off the worry. While you are repeatedly using words of calm, either aloud or silently, it is very difficult for worry to take center stage as it likes to do!

I personally find that I get the greatest benefit from using my affirmations repetitively while I am walking briskly. The stress-relieving and mood-enhancing effects of physical movement coupled with positive and calming words can do wonders for a troubled mind.

Of course it is not always possible to take an exercise break at the moments that worry strikes us, and the beauty of worry quotes and affirmations is that they can be used anywhere at any time. Carry a few of your favorite quotes with you in your wallet, and you can often slip away from what you are doing for a few moments to give your mind some calming words.

Even if you can’t physically remove yourself from a situation where you are finding yourself plagued by worry or stress, you can always remove yourself mentally for a few moments. Let’s say your boss is storming around ranting and raving, and you are running the worry tape in your mind of “oh no, I’ll lose my job, and then, and then, and then...” Leave him to it for a minute or two, and just breathe and affirm. You never know, he might even manage to calm himself down while you are calming yourself. The point though, is stilling your own mind. The world around you may be crazy, but affirming a few times that your mind and heart are filled with peace can remarkably create an internal shift, whatever the external circumstances.

Replacing worry with thoughts of calm and serenity allows your mind to clear. With a clear mind you will be far better able to deal with whatever challenges come to you from moment to moment.

Some of my favorite worry quotes contain reminders that most of the things we worry about never happen anyway.

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” Mark Twain

“Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.” Edgar Watson Howe

“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” Thomas Jefferson

“If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.” Calvin Coolidge

Other great worry quotes remind us that if we just let tomorrow take care of itself, we can always handle whatever we are facing today.

“It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.” George MacDonald

“Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. “ Theodore N. Vail

“No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.” George MacDonald

Whenever you notice that worry is taking over your mind and threatening your peace and clarity, gently remind yourself that worry is a choice. Rather than trying to stop worrying, choose to replace the worry with words and thoughts of peace. As Robert Eliot tells us in this modern classic of worry quotes, “Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.”