Polite Protest

Polite conversation is rarely either. - Fran Lebowitz

Worry is simply imagination gone awry. - Peter Alwinson

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. - William Shakespeare

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

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. - Winston Churchill

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

The size of a man is measured by what it takes to upset him. - Unknown

Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. - Steven Wright

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

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. - Abraham Lincoln

Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you. - Dolly Parton

Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains. - Unknown

Don't worry about your heart. It will last as long as you live. - WC Fields

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist - except an old optimist. - Mark Twain

I'm an emotional eater. When I get upset, my diet goes out the window. - Kelly Osbourne

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. - Elias Canetti

Don't do something permanently stupid because you're temporarily upset. - Unknown

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

He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Henry David Thoreau

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

Stress depletes willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions. - Roy F Baumeister

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

An optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. - Winston Churchill

In the long run, the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. - Unknown

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. - Harry Ironside

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. - Mark Twain

Then she thought bitterly that it would be much easier to resist chocolate if her life were less stressful. - J K Rowling

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.

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader (realist) adjusts the sails. - John C Maxwell

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. - Matthew 6:34

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. - Elie Wiesel

I'm not just retiring from the company, I'm also retiring from my stress, my commute, my alarm clock, and my iron. - Hartman Jule

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

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. - Dale Carnegie

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry. - Harvey Mackay