Polite Protest

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. - Swedish Proverb

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

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

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. - Bob Phillips

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

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

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

A pessimist is someone who makes difficulties of his opportunities. - Unknown

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

Never worry about criticism from people you would never take advice from. - Unknown

I'm not upset about my divorce. I'm only upset I'm not a widow. - Roseanne Barr

Democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves. - Unknown

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

Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf. - Gene Perret

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

The visionary leader is an optimist, for no pessimist ever made a great leader. - William W Francis

The dead won't bother you. It's the living you've got to worry about. - John Wayne Gacy

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

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

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

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. - Albert Einstein

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

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

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sail. - John C Maxwell

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

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine. - Jim Carrey

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. - Bill Vaughan

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away. - John Steinbeck

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

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

Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be. - Paul Harvey

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