Quotes About An Anxious Mind

#1. An anxious mind cannot exist in a relaxed body." Body and mind are inextricably related in anxiety.

Edmund J. Bourne

#2. Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts. Others are simply in the position of requiring more information; and, till they have acquired all available information, cannot do anything but accept on authority the opinions of those better qualified.

Frank P. Ramsey

#3. Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?

Madonna Ciccone

#4. What again could this astonishing thing be like which people were so anxious to contradict, that in doing so they did not mind contradicting themselves?

G.K. Chesterton

#5. You can't be disgusting to people just because they annoy you!" she exclaimed very crossly. "Thousands of people annoy me! Millions of people annoy millions of people all the time! ... You have to put up with them.

Hilary McKay

#6. Fred and George exchanged looks.
"You don't mind if we don't kiss you, do you, Ron?" said Fred in a falsely anxious voice.
"We could curtsy, if you like," said George.
"Oh, shut up," said Ron, scowling at them.

J.K. Rowling

#7. I've always liked to be a meat and potatoes kind of actor who doesn't believe in any of the highfalutin stuff about acting, so I tend to be a little bit more cynical.

Anthony Hopkins

#8. Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.

Orson Scott Card

#9. Life is about learning and we all learn something from one another. Today I remember them and thank for their contribution to shape up my life.

Pankaj Gupta

#10. Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic.

Gillian Flynn

#11. Quincy only talked to her when he was horny and wanted some, but other than that their conversations were very scarce. He had a lot on his mind and was extremely anxious to get back to the hood.

Nako

#12. This is why therapists go to such lengths to urge their anxious patients away from intellectualization: The first step toward peace is disarmament.

Daniel Smith

#13. The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

Seneca.

#14. Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself.

Harriet Lerner

#15. Typically, when you have a depressed individual, they feel hopeless. They feel miserable. Their mind is racing, their heart is pounding. They feel anxious. They feel exhausted yet they can't sleep.

Dale Archer

#16. Promises were made for people who do not trust each other.

Ethel M. Dell

#17. Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.

Horace

#18. Why are you so anxious to destroy in the name of a vulgar, commonplace sense of truth, this reality which comes to birth attracted and formed by the magic of the stage itself, which has indeed more right to live here than you, since it is much truer than you
if you don't mind my saying so?

Luigi Pirandello

#19. When God repeats a promise, you can be absolutely sure it isn't because he has a problem keeping it.

Anonymous

#20. She loved the library and was anxious to worship the lady in charge. But the librarian had other things on her mind. She hated children anyhow.

Betty Smith

#21. If you are anxious, you can't learn. It's like dropping seeds on concrete. With a quiet mind, people take things in.

Herbert Benson

#22. What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious mind of its burden; instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!

Horace

#23. When someone succeeded in quickly making a lot of money in America, people said he had made his fortune.

Julius Streicher

#24. The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.

Jeff Wheeler

#25. If you want to be successful in life, then Do not ever lose hope.

Fahim Khan

#26. There were times I felt so anxious, almost like I was crawling out of my skin - that if I didn't do something physical to match the way I felt inside, I would explode. I cut myself to take my mind off that. I just didn't care what happened. I had no fear.

Demi Lovato

#27. What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new arts.

Horace

#28. Keeping the mind open to new ideas, not being too anxious about success, putting 100% effort and meditation is the formula for entrepreneurs.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#29. Hard, hard it is, this anxious autumn
To lift the heavy mind from its dark forebodings;

Edna St. Vincent Millay

#30. Go in all simplicity; do not be anxious to win a quiet mind, and it will be all the quieter. Do not examine so closely into the progress of your soul. Do not crave too much to be perfect, but let your spiritual life beformed by your duties, and by the actions which are called forth by circumstances.

Saint Francis De Sales

#31. Anytime you're feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed, ask yourself, "What story is my mind telling me now?" Then once you've identified it, defuse it.

Russ Harris

#32. There are few experiences as depressing as that anxious barren state known as writer's block, where you sit staring at your blank page like a cadaver, feeling your mind congeal, feeling you talent run down your leg and into your sock.

Anne Lamott

#33. Dear God, In You lies the answer to every question And the solution to every problem. I place my anxious mind In Your care And pray for the calm through which I can receive Your answers. And so it is. Amen.

Marianne Williamson

#34. Creff was visibly agitated by the stranger's appearance at our door. Memory calls to mind the anxious wringing of his hands, resembling two furless pink badgers wrestling for each other's throats ...

K.W. Jeter

#35. If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise-you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind.

Dalai Lama

#36. When you do things in a selfish way, let alone a destructive way, then you are bound by that karma. Your state of mind will go down. You will find yourself becoming depressed, nervous, anxious and upset.

Frederick Lenz

#37. My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start.

Chloe Neill