Polite Protest

People worry, and God smiles. - Hebrew Proverb

Be polite to all, but intimate with few. - Thomas Jefferson

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

Pessimism is the triumph of worry over matter. - Unknown

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

Worry is today's mice nibbling on tomorrow's cheese. - Unknown

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

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. - Sam Kinison

Smile. It will bring serenity to the most stressful situations. - Garnet Hill

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

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

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

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. - Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

There is not enough time in life to worry about there being enough time in life. - Atticus

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart. - Alice Walker

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

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. - Jean Rostand

Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its troubles... it empties today of its strength. - Mary Englelbreit

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

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love, or exercise. - Hans Selye

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. - Stacia Tauscher

Concentrate on what you're doing - then you won't have time to tense up and worry. - Unknown

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try. - Jack Canfield

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

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

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. - Howard Zinn

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

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

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. - Robert Frost

Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress. - Gail Sheehy

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

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. - 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