65 Anxiety Quotes to Help You Relax, Heal and stay positive

“Anxiety has nothing to do with courage or character. Nothing at all.”

“Worry in the dark can make it even darker.” Camron Wright

“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.” Plato

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” Soren Kierkegaard

“Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Swedish proverb

“Cultivate calm and stillness: let go of anxiety as a lifestyle.” Brené Brown

“The universe doesn’t allow perfection.” Stephen Hawking

“Anxiety is the fat of the mind. Meditation is the gym.” Giovanni Dienstmann”

“How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.” Thomas Jefferson

“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” Chinese proverb

“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?” Thomas á Kempis

“Stress, anxiety, and depression are caused when we are living to please others.” Paulo Coelho

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” Charles Spurgeon

“Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” Arthur Somers Roche

“Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” Jodi Picoult

“Anxiety is not being able to sleep because you said something wrong two years ago and can’t stop thinking about it.”

“Anxiety isn’t weakness. Living with anxiety, turning up, and doing things with anxiety, takes a strength most will never know.” Unknown

“People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” George Bernard Shaw

“My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it.” Hugh Prather

“Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 am.” Anonymous

“Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.” Dalai Lama

“It’s easier to hide anxiety and let people think the worst of you than to let others in to see you falling apart.”

“If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.” Brené Brown

“To hear the phrase “our only hope” always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn’t work, there is nothing left.” Lemony Snicket

“Living with anxiety is like being followed by a voice. It knows all your insecurities and uses them against you. It gets to the point when it’s the loudest voice in the room. The only one you can hear.”

“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.” Alain de Botton

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” Virginia Woolf

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” William S. Burroughs

“Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.” Karen Salmansohn

“I just give myself permission to suck…I find this hugely liberating.” John Green

“There are two ways to get rid of an anxiety monster, my friend—you either take a bath or a nap.” Andrew Kaufman

“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” Steve Maraboli

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus

“Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.” Dalai Lama

“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” Walter Anderson

“The way you tell your story to yourself matters.” Amy Cuddy

“The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.” William James

“When you feel overwhelmed, remember: A little at a time is how it gets done. One thing, one task, one moment at a time.” Anonymous

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” Thich Nhat Hanh

“You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” Dan Millman

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott

“Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect—on any front—and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.” Fred Rogers

“Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.” Gretchen Rubin

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.” Grenville Kleiser

“Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? ‘I’ll take care of it in a moment.’ Of course, you don’t! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.” Max Lucado

“Comedy is defiance. It’s a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it’s the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.” Will Durst

“It’s not time to worry yet.” Harper Lee

“Rule number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two: It’s all small stuff.” Robert S. Eliot

“For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.” T.S. Eliot

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles.” Charlie Chaplin

“You have dug your soul out of the dark, you have fought to be here; do not go back to what buried you.” Bianca Sparacino

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” Amit Ray

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges.” Bryant McGill

“Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.” Anonymous

“Surrender to what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” Sonia Ricotti

“Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you because it will.” Cheryl Strayed

“The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve.” Charles Glassman

“When you walk through a storm hold your head up high and don’t be afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm is a golden sky, and the sweet silver song of a lark.” Oscar Hammerstein II

“We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually, you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.”Nick Saban

“No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past.” Karen Salmansohn

“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” A.A. Milne

“Anxiety was born at the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it— just as we have learned to live with storms.” Paulo Coelho

Anxiety is a feeling ‘grown too large’. You’re responsible for its consequences, you’re responsible for treating it. But…you’re not responsible for causing it. You’re not morally at fault for it. No more than you would be for a tumor.” Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here