I’ve noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don’t want to happen. Robert Downey, Jr.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
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Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere. Erma Bombeck
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The day you stop worrying will be the first day of your new life; anxiety takes you in circles, trust in yourself and become free. Unknown
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Worry is not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case, it is weak and in vain. Hugh Blair
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You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen
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When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill
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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime, you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything. Ernest Hemingway
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The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true. Christopher Paolini
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Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. Renee Jain
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Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn’t change anything, it just messes with your mind and steals your happiness. Unknown
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard
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Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don’t want. Unknown
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What I’ve come to realize is that all my fears of the future are actually fears of the past. Each of us has a whole bank of awful moments in our memories, each of which is so painful that we can’t accept that we could experience the same pain again. David Cain
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Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. Corrie Ten Boom Quotes About not Worrying About the Future
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If you spend all your time worrying about the future, you’ll never enjoy today. … It means you’ve got to hold on to what you can hold, and not what you can’t. Todd McCaffrey
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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. E. Joseph Cossman
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Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering and doubting. Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to be. Unknown
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Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. It cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained if encouraged. Arthur Somers Roche
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People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens attached to them. George Bernard Shaw
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Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. Nelson DeMille
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Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being excited about what could go right. Tony Robbins
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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how precious the time you have to spend, whether at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Earl Nightingale
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Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff. Robert Eliot
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Worrying doesn’t get you anywhere. Van Wilder
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. George Washington Quotes About not Worrying About the Future
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Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. Walter Ralph Inge
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Worrying is a waste of your life. Unknown
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Don’t worry about things you can’t control. Unknown
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Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish Proverb
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We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. Seneca
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Be where you are; otherwise, you will miss your life. Buddha
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Action is worry’s worst enemy. Proverb
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What is coming is better than what is gone. Arabic Proverb
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future. Victor Hugo
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Live more, worry less. Unknown
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work. John Lubbock
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We cannot predict our tragedies. Kelli Russell Agodon
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What worries you, masters, you. Unknown
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Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Unknown
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The less you worry, the less complicated life becomes. Unknown
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Savor the moment. Most people fear the future. Sometimes you see yourself worrying about what will happen. The best thing to do is to banish all your worries about the future. John Rogers
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If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, and focus on living fully in the present. Roy T. Bennett
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She was not sure what the future had in store for her. But she had stopped worrying about the future long back. She decided to live each moment as it came. Neelam Saxena Chandra
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With the past, I have nothing to do, nor with the future. I live now. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. Brian Tracy
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No amount of regret can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. Roy T. Bennett
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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself. Paramahansa Yogananda
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When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? Chuck Palahniuk Quotes About not Worrying About the Future
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Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things, to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow but the future. Put a ding in the universe. Steve Jobs
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Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better. Walt Disney
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If you ask what the most important key to longevity is, I would say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it. George F. Burns
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Worry, doubt, fear, and despair are the enemies that slowly bring us down. Unknown
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There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry… Yesterday and Tomorrow. Robert Jones Burdette
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. Ursula K. Le Guin
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The future remains uncertain, and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always, the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. Frank Herbert
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Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Dale Carnegie
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We fear the future will mirror our past because we are born to believe that history repeats itself. But human beings are not history, they reinvent themselves instead of repeating themselves. Rania Naim
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Nothing wastes the body like worry, and one who has faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. Mahatma Gandhi
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway. Tom Petty
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There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem. Harold Stephens
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99% of the things you worry about don’t even happen. Anonymous Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours to see. Que sera, sera. Doris Day
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Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not. Ana Monnar
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The truth is most of us worry about things that will most likely never happen. The truth might be stranger than fiction, but fiction will scare us more than reality, most times. Kovie Biakolo
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If a problem is fixable and a situation is such that you can do something about it, there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. The Dalai Lama Quotes About not Worrying About the Future
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Think about the last time you were scared. What happened? Chances are, you made it. Kovie Biakolo
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Sometimes, worrying about the very best way keeps me from doing anything. Dana K. White
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Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing. Eric Davis
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There were many terrible things in my life, and most never happened. Michel de Montaigne
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Our anxiety comes not from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it. Kahlil Gibran
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Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. Peter Drucker
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One day you’ll look back and realize that you worried too much about things that didn’t really matter. Unknown
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of the reason that today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it. Barack Obama
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Stop worrying about what can go wrong and get excited about what can go right. Unknown
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You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a future, a good future, a useful future and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about. Better to make a good future than predict a bad one. Isaac Asimov
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Take a deep breath and give yourself permission to step back from everything that is making you feel anxious. Jade Marie
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All of those fears you had in the past, those vintage anxieties that kept you up last year, where are they now? That’s right, they’re gone. You killed all of them. You got over it. You lived. Ryan O’Connell
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If you are scared of tomorrow, think of the things you can control today, the things you have now, think of just today and how you can get through it. Think of how you can make today slightly better, think of how you can make this day a good day in case history repeats itself tomorrow. Think of making today count, maybe that is the only possible way you can prepare for tomorrow. Rania Naim
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Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision. Herbert E. Hawkes
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Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. Winston Churchill
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Worry causes stress. Prayer causes peace. Worry less, pray more. Unknown Quotes About not Worrying About the Future
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We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. John Newton
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The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Paulo Coelho
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Relax, stay calm, don’t worry, be happy, and take action, you’ve got this, believe in yourself. Unknown
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And while imagining a better future, let’s also imagine a better self. Unless we give our power away, we are in charge of creating our future. Vlad Zachary
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It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized. Wayne Dyer
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What helps make your future a brighter one is if you’ll make the decision today to choose to be happy and thankful for the present, and just let the future be. Matt Morris
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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry. Jack Dempsey
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Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. Noam Chomsky
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus
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Worry less. Smile less. Listen carefully. Take responsibility. Accept what you can’t change. Embrace the lesson. Love your life. Unknown
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. Leo Buscaglia
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Life becomes happy, delightful and enjoyable when you set yourself free from worries. Unknown
Summary
The future can be a source of great anxiety and worry for many people. We often think about what might happen, what we need to do to prepare, and how we will cope with challenges that may come our way. While it is important to plan for the future and take steps to ensure our well-being, worrying about it excessively can be counterproductive and detrimental to our mental health.
One of the main reasons why people worry about the future is uncertainty. We can never be entirely certain of what the future holds, and this can create feelings of fear and insecurity. However, it is important to remember that uncertainty is a natural part of life, and that many of the best things that happen to us are unexpected surprises. Instead of focusing on what might go wrong in the future, we can focus on the present and enjoy the moment.
Another reason why people worry about the future is that they feel they have little control over it. We cannot predict everything that will happen in the future, and sometimes events can be beyond our control. However, it is important to remember that there are still many things that we can control, such as our own actions and attitudes. By focusing on what we can control, we can take steps to create a positive future for ourselves.
It is also important to remember that worrying about the future does not change the outcome. No matter how much we worry, we cannot change what is going to happen. Worrying only creates additional stress and anxiety, which can be harmful to our health and well-being. Instead of worrying, we can take practical steps to prepare for the future, such as setting goals and creating plans to achieve them.
One effective way to reduce worry about the future is to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment and focusing on what is happening right now. By doing this, we can reduce our tendency to dwell on the past or worry about the future. Mindfulness can help us to feel more grounded and centered, and to approach the future with a sense of calm and confidence.
Ultimately, not worrying about the future is about learning to trust in ourselves and in the world around us. We cannot predict the future, but we can trust that we have the skills, resources, and resilience to cope with whatever comes our way. By focusing on the present moment, taking practical steps to prepare for the future, and cultivating a sense of trust and confidence, we can reduce our worry and anxiety and live more fulfilling and meaningful lives.