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

“Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.”

Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer

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

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer

“Get the Titanic sailing correctly before you worry about the deck chairs.”

Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director

“I don't believe in anti-anything. A man has to have a program; you have to be for something, otherwise you will never get anywhere.”

Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)

“Kevin slapped a box of hot dogs down on the rock. “What the hell was that?”
“A kiss. It’s something guys like me do with girls we like. But don’t worry, someday you’ll find one drunk enough to let you try it.”

Shannon Stacey (1972) american writer

“In the end, it's never what you worry about that gets you.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Guts

“Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn't something you get; it's something you give”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“Worrying is like praying for something you don't want.”

Robert Downey Jr. (1965) American actor