Balled Up

Stress makes you stupid. - Unknown

Worry is rust upon the blade. - Henry Ward Hughes

As I get older, I just prefer to knit. - Tracey Ullman

Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet

Pessimism is the triumph of worry over matter. - Unknown

If stress burned calories, I'd be a supermodel. - Unknown

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God. - Oswald Chambers

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about. - Christopher Walken

Don't use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe. - Unknown

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon. - John Madden

When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about. - Edward Abbey

Most of the things you worry about won't even happen, so relax. - Unknown

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. - Leo Buscaglia

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life. - Marilu Henner

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway. - Unknown

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. - Natalie Goldberg

A diamond is just a piece of coal that handles stress exceptionally well. - Unknown

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. - Kelly Clarkson

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money. - Johnny Cash

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. - Dale Carnegie

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure. - H Jackson Brown, Jr.

Most stress is caused by people who overestimate the importance of their problems. - Michael LeBoeuf

In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked. - Jonathan Katz

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James

An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about. - Austin O'Malley

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin

SABLE - A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles M. Schulz

In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca

Don't worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. - Robert Fulghum

Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. - Unknown

A man of character does not expect to be liked by everyone, nor does he worry about being liked by anyone. - Unknown

Lord, if it's not your will, let it slip through my grasp. And give me the peace not to worry about it. - Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either. - Elizabeth Zimmermann

I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic. - Joe Scarborough

My Dad once said, "you wouldn't worry so much about what people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did." - Dr. Phil McGraw

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. - Amy Alcott

Worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom with the dishes. - P.J. O'Rourke