Inspirational Quotes on Worry

“Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.”

“What worried him worst at the moment - for it is often little things that are hardest to stand - was that his lip was bleeding where they had hit him and he couldn't wipe the little trickle of blood away although it tickled him.”

“Do not quarrel ... with your lot in life. Do not complain of its never-ceasing cares, its petty environment, the vexations you have to stand, the small and sordid souls you have to live and work with.”

“It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.”

“It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.”

“A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.”

“Knowing that God is faithful, it really helps me to not be captivated by worry. But knowing that He will do what He has said, He will cause it to happen, whatever He has promised, and then it causes me to be less involved in worrying about a situation.”

“Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.”

“Worry is nothing but practical infidelity. The person who worries reveals his lack of trust in God and that he is trusting too much in self.”

“Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.”

“I'll give you some symptoms of a sign that your faith is deteriorating--whenever you face all of your problems and you trust only your plans to get you out--it is a sign that your faith is deteriorating.”

“No one can pray and worry at the same time.”

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

“[God] seems so much 'for us' these days. I have not lost one nameable thing by putting her and our whole affair in the simplest way possible into His hands. There has been no careful planning, no worrying over details in the matter. I have simply recognized love in me, declared it to her, and to Him, and as frankly as I could told Him I wanted His way in it. There has been no leading thus far to engagement, but the symptoms of a beautiful courtship prevail - not, perhaps, a routine one, or a 'normal' one, but a good one, nevertheless, and, withal, a deep sense that it is God-directed.”

“Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.”

“Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.”

“It is not worrying, but rather trusting and abiding in the peace of God that will crush anything that Satan tries to do to us. If the Lord created the world out of chaos, He can easily deal with any problem that we have.”

“While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.”

“What's God saying to you now? "All things are possible to him who worries?" No. "All things are possible to him who attempts to work it out?" No. "All things are possible to him who believes. --Man to Man: Chuck Swindoll Selects His Most Significant Writings for Men”

“Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.”