240 Managing Anxiety quotes

Everything you have ever wanted, is sitting on the other side of fear.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.

Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.

Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

If you’re going through hell keep going.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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.

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.”

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

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.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.

Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

Keep walking through the storm. Your rainbow is waiting on the other side.

Today’s a perfect day for a whole new start. Let go of fear and free your mind. It’s time to open your heart.

It’s not time to worry yet.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Act the way that you want to feel.

It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He felt like normal. Filled with anxiety, dread, sure. But even that wasn’t unusual…

Living a life somewhere else in your mind is nothing more than being a prisoner where you are.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

While fear depletes power, faith gives wings for the soul’s elevation.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

I know what it’s like to be afraid of your own mind.

Just because I can’t explain the feelings causing my anxiety, doesn’t make them less valid.

It’s sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.

Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else’s snakes can ever be as awful.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.

You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.

Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

It ain’t no use putting up your umbrella till it rains!

You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.

My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it.

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Worry in the dark can make it even darker.

You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.

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.

Rule number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two: It’s all small stuff.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

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.

Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.

Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.

You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you.

The way you tell your story to yourself matters.

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.

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.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

You are the biggest enemy of your own sleep.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition.

If you want to conquer overthinking, bring your mind to the present moment and reconnect it with the immediate world.

When I don’t have something to worry about, I worry. Nothing comes so naturally to a human being as anxiety and worry.

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.

Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.

Each moment of worry, anxiety or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease.

Silence is a lie that screams at the light.

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.

How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.

Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all, it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you feel overwhelmed, remember: A little at a time is how it gets done. One thing, one task, one moment at a time.

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.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

Hey you, keep living. It won’t always be this overwhelming.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually, you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.

In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.

The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.

Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

Once you choose hope, anything is possible.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

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.

[Slow breathing] is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: The anchor won’t make the storm go away, but it will hold you steady until it passes.

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.

Life is 10% of what you experience and 90% of how you respond to it.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I want to be.

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.

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

For fast acting relief, try slowing down.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

Worrying is like walking around with an umbrella waiting for the rain.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

If it’s not going to matter in five years, don’t spend five minutes being upset about it.

Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will too.

There are these moments you think you won’t survive. And then you survive.

If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too.

You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

The righteous cry out and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Anxiety beclouds the future.

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

I’m just suggesting that when you’re faced with fear and anxiety, don’t medicate. Meditate instead.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

Anxiety, it just stops your life.

Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.

I made things a lot harder than they needed to be out of fear and anxiety.

Freedom without security portends chaos, perpetual anxiety and fear.

When I was young I was very shy and that was my personality. I was a pretty sensitive kid and quite neurotic, filled with a lot of anxiety.

I know content-wise I leave nothing to chance. I have no anxiety about what I’m going to do once I’m out on stage.

Status and class and social anxiety and perhaps social code are all released when you look at paintings of powerful individuals from the past.

The struggle for life is not only the material and economic one. Comfort is no protection from anxiety.

That’s my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

Anxiety, depression, and suicide don’t discriminate based on how much money you have – though it might make it easier for you to get help.

For those wondering how to deal with anxiety and depression, the first thing to consider is what you’re putting into your mouth.

Anxiety projection can and does occur – in myth, in music, in fiction, and in the doctor’s office too. That doesn’t make it the basis of everything.

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.

The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety.

Anxiety is a doorway into a self that longs for wholeness.

Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation.

Anxiety is not a sin; it is an emotion. Anxiety can, however, lead to sinful behavior.

When we feel threatened, we must respond to the threat. This is the simplest and best definition of anxiety: anxiety is your response to a real or imagined threat.

Anxiety is like sand in an oyster: a little produces a pearl, too much kills the creature.

The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.

The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn’t come from having too much to do; it’s the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.

Our anxiety serves a very important purpose, because the central goal of being a human is simple: to not die for as long as you can.

There are two ways to get rid of an anxiety monster, my friend—you either have a bath or a nap.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

Anxiety is a brain game. If you don’t allow an anxious feeling to begin, you don’t need to get rid of it.

Anxiety is not what you experience, it’s how you how you perceive and respond to the problems.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

Fear and anxiety many times indicates that we are moving in a positive direction, out of the safe confines of our comfort zone, and in the direction of our true purpose.

Half of life is lost in charming others. The other half is lost in going through anxieties caused by others. Leave this play. You have played enough.

Everything in us presses toward decision, even toward the wrong decision, just to be free of the anxiety that precedes any big step in life.

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

Act the way that you want to feel.

I’m not anti-social. I’m just not social.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Everything you have ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.

Anxiety is good for nothing if we can’t turn it into a defense.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.

It’s okay if they don’t understand.

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.

Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

You’re not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day.

The constant vigilance and my heightened anxiety that I’d screw it up anyway exhausted me, but I persevered.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.

One way to handle social anxiety is to pretend you are a ghost and people are staring at you because they have a gift they never asked for.

Slow breathing is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won’t make the storm goes away, but it will hold you steady until it passes.

Instead of telling your loved one to do something social and getting frustrated when they can’t, try and bring more positive vibes to the table.

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.

To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.

Social anxiety tries to protect us from rejection.

The impact of social anxiety disorder on quality of life is enormous.

Social anxiety has this twisted way of poisoning your mind, making you believe terrible things that aren’t true.

The real tragedy of social anxiety is that it robs individuals of their greatest resource: other people.

Lying because of social anxiety leaves us in a vicious cycle of trying to protect ourselves but continuing the negative thought patterns.

People with social anxiety are not devoid of the basic desire for human connection; they just have trouble obtaining it in certain situations.

People with social anxiety disorder generally avoid social and performance situations whenever possible or endure them with considerable distress.

Anxiety was born at 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.

It’s not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame, and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.

Breathe, darling. This is just a chapter. It’s not your whole story.

You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control, anyway.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.

Nothing so much prevents our being natural as our desire to seem so.

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state.

If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

It’s okay to feel unstable. It’s ok to disassociate. It’s okay to hide from the world. It’s ok to need help. It’s okay not to be okay. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.

Your mental health is more important than the test, the interview, the lunch date, the meeting, the family dinner, the soccer game, the recital, and the grocery run. Take care of yourself.

You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you.

Don’t let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all, it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of how you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.

You are not weak. People like us, we’re brave. We’re the ones who get up and face our worst fears every day. We keep fighting.

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.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us.

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy at the moment.

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.