Understanding Anxiety
- «Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.» – Charles Spurgeon
- «Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere.» – Erma Bombeck
- «Fear is inevitable, but I accept fear as a part of life, specifically the fear of change… I go forward despite the pounding in my heart that says: turn back.» – Erica Jong
- «Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.» – Walter Anderson
- «Anxiety is like a storm inside you. The trick is learning how to dance in the rain.» – Unknown
Overcoming Anxiety
- «You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.» – Dan Millman
- «Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.» – Dalai Lama
- «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.» – Russ Harris
- «You are not your anxiety. It does not define you.» – Unknown
- «Feelings are just visitors. Let them come and go.» – Mooji
Living with Anxiety
- «Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.» – Etty Hillesum
- «Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that—thoughts.» – Allan Lokos
- «Breathe. You’re going to be okay. You’ve gotten through so many things in your life. You’ve got this.» – Unknown
- «A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.» – Aesop
- «Your anxiety is lying to you. You are loved, and you are enough.» – Unknown
Hope & Strength in Anxiety
- «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.» – Deepak Chopra
- «Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, it became a butterfly.» – Proverb
- «Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.» – Unknown
- «Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.» – Theodore Roosevelt
- «Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out.» – Unknown