Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds
— Paul the Apostle
Exciting Not Worrying quotations
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
He who asks a question is a fool for a minute;
he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. Commitment is an act, not a word.
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years.
If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.
Companies pay too much attention to the cost of doing something.
They should worry more about the cost of not doing it.
It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us.
Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.
The good are not worried, the wise are not confused, and the brave are not afraid.
I am not dealing with footballers, I am dealing with people.
They have fears and worry about failing and making fools of themselves in front of 80,000 people. I have to make them see that without each other they are nothing.
You can only die once, so do not die a thousand times worrying about it.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.
I love playing basketball because you could be having a rough day in your life, and while you're on the court it gives you a clear mind. I'm not worried about anything. I'm there just playing freely and I go out there all and I have fun.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. . . Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.
Do not worry about tricks and cheaters.
If some people are trying to trap and hurt you, Allah is also trapping them. Hole diggers will always fall in their holes. No bad remains unpunished, and no good remains without being awarded, so have faith in justice and let the rest be.
There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a buddha. Do not seek anything else.
Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet.
I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games.
Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent
Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.
Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men.
The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what's happening right this moment.
I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own.
I can only love you all, poor fellow travellers, fellow sufferers. I do not want to add one least straw to the burden you already carry.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow.
Make the decision and say, "I'm not letting that worry in.
I'm done being upset when my plans don't work out. I'm not letting that stress in." Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don't have to let them into your spirit.
It's time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds.
If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant;
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
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.
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
People in obedience to the Lord do not worry, do not fret, do not need to know all of the outcomes before they are willing to commit themselves.