Worrywarting Quotes & Sayings

From time to time he would feel that acute surge go over him, like his blood was too hot all of a sudden, dying away into that warm unhappy feeling that fiddle music gave him. — William Faulkner

Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the consciousness that what we have of good is due to the grace of God. — Charles Hodge

But the history of science - by far the most successful claim to knowledge accessible to humans - teaches that the most we can hope for is successive improvement in our understanding, learning from our mistakes, an asymptotic approach to the Universe, but with the proviso that absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error bars a little, and to add to the body of data to which error bars apply. The error bar is a pervasive, visible self-assessment of the reliability of our knowledge. — Carl Sagan

Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, 'Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we're doing it.' — Brad Thor

Time goes by so fast and worry is really wasted time and energy. — Dana Perino

The audience should go out and see 'Shark Night 3D' because you can bring your whole family. — Sinqua Walls

In a lot of ways, certain things, it feels like they're never going to go away. The best thing to do is continue to ask questions, look that fear in the eye. — Tyler Blackburn

Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer. — Russell Baker

Sir, married or unmarried, all women bleed. — Ronlyn Domingue

I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal. — Estelle Morris

Regardless of the shape he took, Cal had a nearly endless capacity for worrywarting. — Caitlin Kittredge

Optimism is life changing.... — Kathleen Grieve

If my life can ever be of any use to you, come and take it. — Anton Chekhov

Never let failure discourage you. Every time you get to the base of a mountain (literal or metaphorical), you're presented with a new opportunity to challenge yourself, to push your limits beyond what you thought possible, to learn from climbers on the trail ahead of you, and to take in some amazing views. Your performance on the mountain you climbed last week or last month or last year doesn't matter - because it's all about what you are doing right now. — Alison Levine