Quotes about worry
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“Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.”

Robert Henri (1865–1929) American painter

“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 S. Churchill book The Second World War

The Second World War, Volume II : Their Finest Hour (1949) Chapter 8 (September Tensions).
Post-war years (1945–1955)

Deep, Happy, Life

“The moment you stop worrying about success is when success will happen.”

Glenn Beck (1964) U.S. talk radio and television host

Success

“Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.”

Jon Krakauer book Into the Wild

Source: Into the Wild

Education, Thinking

“Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.”

Rebecca Solnit (1961) Author and essayist from United States

Source: A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Way, Knowledge

“No one knows enough to worry.”

Terence McKenna (1946–2000) American ethnobotanist

“Don't worry, I won't bite. Well, at least not in the way you're afraid of." He chuckled at his own joke.
- Christian Ozera.”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

Way

“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

Love, Peace, Appearance

“Don’t worry, we’re not letting her out of our sight…and after the Nick incident, we’re not letting her out from behind this bar. (Aimee)
Yeah, Prisoners R Us. (Tory)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

“Jack grabbed Phil's arm to teleport back to Romatech.
Phil muttered a curse. "If you say one word about this to the other guys, I will stake you in your sleep."
"Don't worry, sweetheart. If they find out about this, I'll stake myself.”

Kerrelyn Sparks (1955) American writer

Source: Secret Life of a Vampire

Guy, Sleep

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Fear, Heart

“I worry about a lot of things, but I don’t worry about achievements. I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs in Heaven.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“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

Training

“Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition…”

Alan Moore book Batman: The Killing Joke

Source: Batman: The Killing Joke

Coffee, Thinking

“Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.”

Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer

Source: A Woman's Worth

Love, Women

“Oh, China. How I have missed you.'
'And I have missed you, Eliza. But don't worry, next time my aim will be better.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Death Bringer

Time

“We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.”

Anna Deavere Smith (1950) American actress, playwright and professor

Time

“Cheer up everyone," he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?”

Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant

Source: Skulduggery Pleasant

“No way they could threaten him, not even with Amelie; he'd already given Amelie the finger on the way out of Morganville and he clearly wasn’t worried about her coming after him— or, if so, what would happen when she did.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Way

“Oh, don’t worry. If you didn’t say some stupid things every once in a while, you certainly wouldn’t fit in with this group.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: The Final Empire

Stupidity

“they worry about my sanity i join with them on that”

Cecelia Ahern book Thanks for the Memories

Source: Thanks for the Memories

“Only a fool worries over what he can’t control.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

Fools

“Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Sad, Wise, Life, Faith

“The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.”

John Lanchester book Capital

Source: Capital

Love, Personality

“If we knew what comes next, we never would have worried.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.”

Anne Ursu (1900) American writer

Source: Breadcrumbs

Thinking

“Don't worry, now that I know about your little ego problem, I'll do my best to look all gushy when you pound you chest.”

Christine Feehan book Shadow Game

Source: Shadow Game

Problem

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

Wisdom, Courage

“Theoretically the planet could suddenly crack in half, leaving me on one side and you on the other side, forever and tragically parted, but I’m not worried about that, either. Some things,” Jace said”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

Parting

“Don’t worry, Chris. The day that Sony PlayStation attacks the world and threatens to destroy it, we’ll give you a call. (Katra)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Kiss of the Night

World

“I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?”

Rebecca Stead book When You Reach Me

Source: When You Reach Me

“Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

Happiness

“I worry about the men of your time, Grace. They all seem to be great fools. (Julian)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover

Source: Fantasy Lover

Men, Fools, Time

“Worries find you easily enough without inviting them.”

Gillian Flynn book Dark Places

Source: Dark Places

“Furthermore, worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us. It is wasted energy.”

Melody Beattie (1948) American writer

Source: Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

People, Problem, Help

“Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.”

Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer

Source: CAT'S EYE.

Life, Girl, Daughters

“cruel to? I'm the one you should worry about. After a conversation with her, I usually walk away with my entrails dragging behind me.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Married By Morning

“Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line.”

Helen Oyeyemi book Boy, Snow, Bird

Source: Boy, Snow, Bird

People, Imagination, Question, Reading

“P. S. You'll have to meet with Dan's principal when you get back. He got in trouble for doing ninja moves in class. Don't worry. This happens all the time.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

Source: The Black Book of Buried Secrets

Time

“I know that look.” Jack shook his head ruefully. “Doan worry; she’ll
give you your balls back as soon as she’s done getting her way.”

Kresley Cole book Dead of Winter

Source: Dead of Winter

Way

“Don't worry, I won't bite. At least not in the way you're afraid of.”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

Way

“One second he was in my face, making me feel stupid and useless. The next he was like this: hovering, concerned, worried.”

Kelley Armstrong The Reckoning

Source: The Reckoning

Stupidity, Feeling

“I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.

No, quoting Nietzsche does that. Machiavelli is just cool.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Bullet

Source: Bullet

Guy, Quotes

“When you get tired of worrying and mourning your horse and trying not to be afraid, tell me and I'll do it for you a while so you can shut your eyes and sleep peaceful.”

Shannon Hale The Goose Girl

Source: The Goose Girl

Peace, Sleep, Horse

“A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.”

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist

Business, Business

“All memories fade away in the end. Then, only dreams are left. And because they are all we have, we confide our life’s worries to them.”

Philippe Forest (1962) French writer

Life, Dreams, Confidence, Memory

“Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Boy, Dead

“And therefor," said Magnus "We must go."
Will blinked at him. "Go where?"
"Don't worry about that right now, my love."
Will blinked again. "Pardon?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Love

“That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all”

Nick Hornby book High Fidelity

Source: High Fidelity

Life, People

“Why are you smiling?'
'I'm relieved,' I said honestly. 'I was worried I'd given myself cadmium poisoning, or I had some mysterious disease. This is just someone trying to kill me.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Variant: Wilem looked at me 'Why are you smiling?'

"I'm relieved", I said honestly." I was worried I had given myself cadmium poisoning, or had a mysterious disease. This is just someone trying to kill me.
Source: The Wise Man's Fear

Disease, Smile

“Don't worry. They're all against me. But I have one advantage: they don't know what they want. I do.”

Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead

Source: The Fountainhead

“Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward…”

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

Decision

“When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they like another girl better, and whether they're going to ask you to something or other. It's a strain.”

Maud Hart Lovelace book Betsy in Spite of Herself

Source: Betsy in Spite of Herself

Girl, Boy

“I'm liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there.”

Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer

Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

“Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.”

Maya Angelou book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Women, God

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

Maya Angelou book Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Source: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993) p. 12.

People, Travel, Idea, Understanding

“We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.”

Heinrich Harrer book Seven Years in Tibet

Source: Seven Years in Tibet

Problem

“Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.”

Robert Harris (1957) novelist

Source: Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome

Life, Smile, Art, Problem

“Never worry what other people think of you, because no one ever thinks of you.”

Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator

Source: Saga, Vol. 2

People, Thinking

“Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.”

Adriana Trigiani (1970) American film director

Source: Big Cherry Holler

Love, Truth, World

“I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Drink, Sleep

“YOU DO NOT need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.”

Norman Vincent Peale book The Power of Positive Thinking

Source: The Power of Positive Thinking

“Hope is the most treacherous thing in the world. It lifts you and lets you plummet. But as long as you're being lifted you don't worry about plummeting.”

Elizabeth Wein book Rose Under Fire

Source: Rose Under Fire

World, Hope

“Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Blue Shoe

Hostility

“I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know."”

Ernest Hemingway book A Moveable Feast

Source: A Moveable Feast (1964), Ch. 2

Thinking

“I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.”

Maeve Binchy book Tara Road

Source: Tara Road

People, Thinking

“Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself.”

Kevin Brockmeier book The Brief History of the Dead

Source: The Brief History of the Dead

Dreams, Cry

“"Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
"At least you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting."”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Jace and Madame Dorothea, pg. 345
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

Love

“Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off”

Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita

Source: The Master and Margarita

Women

“Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Problem

“Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.”

Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist

“All young people worry about things, it's a natural and inevitable part of growing up, and at the age of sixteen my greatest anxiety in life was that I'd never again achieve anything as good, or pure, or noble, or true, as my O-level results.”

David Nicholls book Starter for Ten

Source: Starter for Ten

Life, People, Age, Nature

“I had faith, and if I had faith I couldn't worry.”

Gena Showalter (1975) American writer

Source: Alice in Zombieland

Faith

“Worry divides the mind.”

Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer

Source: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Letter to high school student Barbara Lee Wilson (7 January 1943), Einstein Archives 42-606
1940s

Mathematics

“But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

Sad, Deep, Happy, Depressing

“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

Source: Exclusively Yours

Dogs, Guy, Girl, Hell

“If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, it
was Thalia and me. I wondered if maybe I should've sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tie
for Father's Day after all.
--Percy Jackson”

Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

“Ask people for help. You’ll be all right. Don’t worry. It’s a great adventure, your life, and it has only just begun…”

Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram

Source: Shantaram

Life, People, Help

“I don't like seeing you cry. You will stop."
I'll give you a promise," he said gruffly. "And then you will cease your worrying."
You will have confidence in my ability to protect you," he ordered.
You will have faith in me. I command it.”

Julie Garwood (1946) American writer

Source: Ransom

Faith, Confidence, Cry

“Once you realise there's nothing to be afraid of when you die, there's nothing else to worry about.”

Michael Thomas Ford (1968) American writer

Source: Suicide Notes

“I wish I was away in Ingo
Far across the briny sea
Sailing over deepest waters
Where neither care nor worry trouble me.”

Helen Dunmore book Ingo

Source: Ingo

Water, Sea

“He wont have to worry about you spilling his secrets.”
“Yeah,” Jace said, “he‘s terrified I‘ll tell everyone that he‘s always really wanted to be a ballerina.”
-Inquisitor & Jace about Valentine, pg.123-”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Variant: How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets."
"Yeah," Jace said. "He's terrified I'll tell everyone that he's always wanted to be a ballerina.
Source: City of Ashes

Secret

“I don't feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don't clarify, I don't doubt, I don't worry. I don't tell her everything, not anymore, but I tell her more than anyone else, by far. I tell her as much as I can.”

Gillian Flynn book Gone Girl

Source: Gone Girl

Feeling