Why Me Worry?

“Take all the energy you spend on…

• worrying about the past
• worrying about the future
• worrying about what others think
• worrying about if you might fail

… and channel that energy into one useful action within your control.”

“No one can work and achieve efficiently with a pack of worries on his back. People who enjoy life and radiate their happiness fear nothing. Fear never has led, and will never lead, a man to victory in any phase of life… A cheerful frame of mind, reenforced by relaxation, which in itself banishes fatigue, is the medicine that puts all Ghosts of Fear on the run! So, get fun out of what you do – and you will do much, and be glad you are alive.”
-George Matthew Adams

“Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens up new avenues.”
-Cullen Hightower

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”
-Reginald B. Mansell

“Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.”
-John Lancaster Spalding

“Peace of mind: The contentment of the man who is too busy to worry by day, and too sleepy to worry at night.”
-Woodrow Wilson