Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future. Inspirational anxiety quotes will help you calm your spirit, relax your mind and brighten up your day to make you feel ready to take on anything.
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Famous Anxiety Quotes
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. Deepak Chopra
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. Virginia Woolf
Smile, breathe, and go slowly. Thich Nhat Hanh
Everyone remembers the remark of the old man at the point of death, that his life had been full of troubles—most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Natalie Goldberg
You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman
I just give myself permission to suck…I find this hugely liberating. John Green
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. Walter Anderson
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus
P.S. You’re not going to die. Here’s the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you’ll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired…it’s not going to kill you. Ask anyone who’s been through it. Danielle LaPorte
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. Charles Spurgeon
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. Olin Miller
How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened. Thomas Jefferson
You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. Wayne Dyer
We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. David Mamet
Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be. Jennifer Elisabeth
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Arthur Somers Roche
Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you because it will. Cheryl Strayed
Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. Ali Ibn Abi Talib
It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave. Mandy Hale
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. Anonymous proverb
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it-just as we have learned to live with storms. Paulo Coelho
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Plato
Inspirational Anxiety Quotes
I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear. Steve Maraboli
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. Walter Anderson
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. Kahlil Gibran
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Shannon L. Alder
Present fears are less than horrible imaginings. William Shakespeare
You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside. Wayne Dyer
You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you. Bianca Sparacino
Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on. Eckhart Tolle
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. William S. Burroughs
Hey you, keep living. It won’t always be this overwhelming. Jacqueline Whitney
Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry. Anonymous
The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. Charles Glassman
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Plato
The universe doesn’t allow perfection. Stephen Hawking
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths. Etty Hillesum
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Soren Kierkegaard
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. Aesop
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times. Dean Smith
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far. Jodi Picoult
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. Anonymous
Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff. Robert Eliot
Worry in the dark can make it even darker. Camron Wright
You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside. Wayne Dyer
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it- just as we have learned to live with storms. Paulo Coelho
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. Mary Hemingway
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Steven Hayes
What people in the world think of you is really none of your business. Martha Graham
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you can’t fly then run; if you can’t run then walk; if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr.
Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. Madeleine L’Engle
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. William S. Burroughs
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. Thich Nhat Hanh
You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. George Bernard Shaw
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow? Thomas á Kempis
At the end of the day, tell yourself gently: ‘I love you, you did the best you could today, and even if you didn’t accomplish all you had planned, I love you anyway. Anonymous
You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. Steve Maraboli
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment. Grenville Kleiser
Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry. Anonymous
It’s not time to worry yet. Harper Lee
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin
If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
Life is 10% of what you experience and 90% of how you respond to it. Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, ‘Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?’ To which the man responded, ‘That’s your worry’ Max Lucado
Overcoming Anxiety Quotes to Calm Down
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou
Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you because it will. Cheryl Strayed
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
When you walk through a storm hold your head up high, and don’t be afraid of the dark/At the end of the storm is a golden sky, and the sweet silver song of a lark. Oscar Hammerstein II
My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it. Hugh Prather
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Maya Angelou
The way you tell your story to yourself matters. Amy Cuddy
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish proverb
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa
When I let go of what I am, I become what I want to be. Lao Tzu
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far. Jodi Picoult
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. Edwin Elliot
For fast acting relief, try slowing down. Lily Tomlin
You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer. Eckhart Tolle
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. Bryant McGill
If we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. Stephen Covey
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. Anonymous
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. Joyce Meyer
It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. Hans Selye
Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou
More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate. Roy T. Bennett
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin
Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey. Robin Hobb
Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect-on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else. Fred Rogers
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. William James
Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. Roy Bennett
The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. Charles F. Glassman
Don’t assume I’m weak because I have panic attacks. You’ll never know the amount of strength it takes to face the world every day. Unknown
Just because I can’t explain the feelings causing my anxiety doesn’t make them less valid. Lauren Elizabeth
I just give myself permission to suck. I find this hugely liberating. John Green
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. Chinese proverb
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. Sydney J. Harris
When you feel overwhelmed, remember: A little at a time is how it gets done. One thing, one task, one moment at a time. Anonymous
Surrender to what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be. Sonia Ricotti
The universe doesn’t allow perfection. Stephen Hawking
Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming. Robert Tew
