When anxious thoughts take over it can be easy for them to feel like reality. However, a few words of wisdom and comfort can offer a sense of connection, understanding, and hope.
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The right quote can serve as a reminder that you're not alone in your struggles, and that others have walked similar paths.
Whether you're seeking encouragement, perspective, or a moment of calm, these powerful anxiety quotes can inspire you to find strength and peace in the midst of life's challenges.
Best anxiety quotes
I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
Mark Twain
Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
William Shakespeare
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin Roosevelt
The best use of creativity is imagination. The worst use of creativity is anxiety.
Deepak Chopra
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.
Charlie Chaplin
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
Mother Teresa
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
Breathe, darling. This is just a chapter. It’s not your whole story.
S.C. Lourie