20 quotes to overcame anxiety from famous people

  1. “You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.” — Steve Maraboli
  2. “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace.” — Randy Armstrong
  3. “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” — Arthur Somers Roche
  4. “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” — Dan Millman
  5. “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” — Henry Ward Beecher
  6. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James
  7. “Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.” — Aristotle
  8. “Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.” — Renee Jain
  9. “The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.” — James Dyson
  10. “You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle.” — Julian Seifte
  11. “Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” — Jodi Picoult
  12. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.” — Elbert Hubbard
  13. “I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” — Steve Maraboli
  14. “You can’t always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.” — Wayne Dyer
  15. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” — Guy Finley
  16. “The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.” — Alain de Botton
  17. “Anxiety is a powerful searchlight casting a beam into tomorrow in search of danger. The light can help you avoid mistakes, but it can also rob you of the enjoyment of today.” — Anonymous
  18. “The thing about an anxiety disorder is that you know it is stupid. You know with all your heart that it wasn’t a big deal and that it should roll off of you. But that is where the disorder kicks in.” — Unknown
  19. “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” — William S. Burroughs
  20. “Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere.” — Melissa Bank
  1. “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” — Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
  2. “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” — Benjamin Franklin
  3. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs
  4. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
  5. “When thinking about life, remember this: No amount of guilt can solve the past, and no amount of anxiety can change the future.” — Unknown
  6. “Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.” — Harvey Mackay
  7. “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” — Arthur Somers Roche
  8. “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” — Kahlil Gibran
  9. “Worry is a misuse of the imagination.” — Dan Zadra
  10. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James
  11. “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” — Mark Twain
  12. “You are not your resume; you are your work.” — Seth Godin
  13. “Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” — Walter Anderson
  14. “Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’.” — Eckhart Tolle
  15. “You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.” — Kody Keplinger
  16. “Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere.” — Jodi Picoult
  17. “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” — Epictetus
  18. “Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.” — Sonia Ricotti
  19. “You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” — Unknown
  20. “Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” — Jodi Picoult
  1. Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.” — Unknown
  2. “Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
  3. “Don’t let your thoughts run your life.” — Unknown
  4. “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” — Oscar Wilde
  5. “Anxiety is a ladder that we manufacture in our minds, and we can use it to climb to greater heights if we choose.” — Unknown
  6. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
  7. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius
  8. “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” — Arthur Somers Roche
  9. “You are stronger than you know. More capable than you ever dreamed. And you are loved more than you could possibly imagine.” — Unknown
  10. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll