“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.”
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Jenny Colgan (1972) British writer
Source: The Little Shop of Happy Ever After
“You fix what can be fixed, and what can't be fixed you endure.”
Charlie Munger (1924) American business magnate, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist
Source: [Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks at the Daily Journal Annual Meeting, February 24, 2021, Yahoo Finance, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp4CvjNw-9Y] (quote at 1:09:20 of 1:59:05)
“There's nobody can fix this but yourself. You are the only one who can make the changes.”
Bernard MacLaverty book Midwinter Break
Ch 11 - p.236
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
“Please do not worry, I never read anything which you write.”
Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) 11th Chief Justice of India
When a colleague in the court had sent him disparaging remarks on the sides and as a foot note on his draft of a judgement with the comment “Please do not read the marginal comments. They are not for your eyes."
Full Court Reference in Memory of The Late Justice M. Hidayatullah
“Don't worry about anything. Just do what you can and be the best you can be.”
Douglas Crockford (1955) American computer programmer
In response to David Winer http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/scripting-news-for-12212006/
“Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”
Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer
As quoted in Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden (2003) by Bonita Jean Zimmer, p. 182
“Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
