75 Worry Quotes

Be encouraged by these worry quotes that remind us how easily worry can steal our peace and fill our minds with thoughts about things that may never happen.

Worry rarely solves a problem. Instead, it can drain our energy, cloud our thinking, and keep us from enjoying the day in front of us. Learning to let go of unnecessary worry does not mean ignoring real concerns. It means choosing where to place our attention and trusting that we can face each day as it comes.

As you read through these quotes, may they encourage you to move from fear toward faith, from stress toward calm, and from worry toward a more hopeful way of thinking.

Updated September 10, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.

Letting Go Of Worry

Worry can consume our thoughts without changing the outcome. These quotes remind us to release what we cannot control and put our energy toward what we can do today.

Since the more that you worry the worse you must feel, why waste time in worry at all?
Ripley D. Sauders, Don't Worry

Life may be short or time may drag on an age - its true treasures are found only if viewed from this one sage: Put away the worries, live anew with each day
Catherine Pulsifer, Live In The Present

Worry holds no benefit only shadows often play, worry only serves to lead us far astray.
Catherine Pulsifer, Don't Let Sadness And Worry

A worrying mind is like the weeds in a beautiful flower garden — it chokes out all the beauty and harmony.
Henry Ward Beecher

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.
Wayne Dyer

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

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
Corrie Ten Boom

Worry is rust upon the blade.
Henry Ward Hughes

What worries you, masters you.
John Locke

Mistakes of life many of us make...the tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
Unknown, Seven Mistakes of Life

Hurry brings us worry; worry wears us out, easy-going people know what they’re about.
Josephine Pollard, Don't Be In A Hurry

It is not the work, but the worry, that drives all sleep away; as we toss and turn and wonder about the cares of the day
Unknown, Not Work, But Worry

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Corrie Ten Boom

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
John Lubbock

...no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Every Day

Forgetting yesterday means no worrying about the past. What's done cannot be undone.
Peter Witt, Forget, Believe, Hope

Life is difficult enough without filling yourself with negativity and wasting your life force on worry and stress.
Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner, Dealing with Difficult People

Worry is the fog of anxiety that obscures the clarity of the present.
Author Unknown

Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.
Babs Hoffman

... if they would spend the same time in deciding what their course of action should be—there would be an end put to the worry.
George Wharton James, Quit Your Worrying!

Worry is an energy sucker, creates stress, and has no positive effect!
Catherine Pulsifer

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives.
Lewis Thomas

Don't fret about tomorrow. There's trouble 'round us all the time, what need is there to borrow?
Unknown, Good In The Day

Worry: worrying can lead to stress. What do we accomplish when we worry? Focus your mind on actions rather than on worrying!
Catherine Pulsifer

Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head and kick every worriment out of the bed.
Edmund Vance Cooke

Worrying does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.
Zig Ziglar

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
E.B. White

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
George Herbert

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.
Cullen Hightower

Faith, Prayer And Trust

Faith can help quiet the fears that worry brings. These quotes encourage us to pray, trust God, and remember that we do not have to carry every concern alone.

Worry scuttles our lives, hurts us, and most sadly dishonors God.
Max Lucado, Every Day Chance

Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change. Prayer is a conversation you have with God about things He can change.
Author Unknown

Though you’re worried and upset, think of God and do your best.
John F. Zurn, Every Day and in this Moment

Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they'll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God. It will be worth it.
Germany Kent

Good morning! Start your day by casting your worries upon the Lord.

We would worry less if we praised more.
Harry Ironside

I'm always hopeful and I never worry. I can say that because I expect the best possible result in all that I do.
Zig Ziglar

Worry results from over-prioritizing our own needs and disbelieving the care and promises of God.
Randy Smith

...worry strives to own our lives and conquers if we let it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Thanksgiving Chorus

...make your worry less; remember that 'tis God above who sends down what is best.
Mary C. Plummer, Earth's Dark Day

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.
Mary C. Crowley

When worry, and care, and toil are ours, and the day's weary heights we climb, let's think of the restful evening hours - we live but one day at a time!
John Imrie, One Day At A Time

To me faith means not worrying.
John Dewey

Positive Thinking And Choosing Joy

A positive outlook does not make every problem disappear, but it can change how we face the day. These quotes encourage hope, gratitude, laughter, and a healthier perspective.

Life is too short to regret, or, waste our time and sit and fret.
Catherine Pulsifer, Celebrate

The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday, among the fields, above the sea, among the winds at play
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Out In the Fields With God

August arrives with boundless energy, the shining sun ignites our souls, so free! Embrace the warmth, let worries depart.
Catherine Pulsifer, The Sun Ignites Our Souls

Worry Less – Laugh More
Unknown, More or Less

If things go wrong, don't go with them.
Roger Babson

In a world that often feels grey, where clouds of worries can weigh, there's a simple gift we can display, spreading smiles like sunshine's ray.
Catherine Pulsifer, Spread Smiles

So, in this fleeting month, let worries depart, awaken your passions, let them set you apart.
Catherine Pulsifer, February's Inspiration

Go with a positive attitude instead, your worries won't seem as great.
Catherine Pulsifer, You Choose

An' if I had the power to do...you'd never know a single care to cause a minute's worry,
Edgar A. Guest, A Greeting

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
Morris West

Just keeping being you. Don't worry what people think. Being you is cool, okay?
Ashton Irwin

Joy within can be found, deep rooted and forever sound. When days of worry cause distress, it lightens your heart and brings happiness.
Catherine Pulsifer, Find Joy Within

If you and I - just you and I - should laugh instead of worry...then what a happy world 'twould be
Emma C. Dowd, If And Perhaps

Never underestimate the power of a positive mindset to overcome opposition, or to move ahead of the crowd that are mired in self-pity.
Rosy Lee Anderson

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.
Dan Buettner

Always to your values stay true. Let go of worries clouding your view.
Catherine Pulsifer, Live Your Best Life

Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.
Jim Carrey

Let us forget the things that vexed and tried us, the worrying things that caused our souls to fret
Susan E. Gammons, Old Year Memories

Don’t worry too much about the little things, pay attention to every smile.
Julie Hebert, From One Mother To Another

Don't worry if you're making waves just by being yourself. The Moon does it all the time.
Scott Stabile

"Despair, if channelled properly, can focus the mind so that genuine opportunity can come into view."
Neville Gilfoy, The magic elixir, Progress Magazine

Worry is a foolish person's currency. A wise person uses courage to change what can be changed, and lets what can't be altered to its own end.
Annabelle Marie Haines

Worry, Health And Everyday Life

Worry can affect more than our thoughts. These quotes reflect on its impact on sleep, health, work, relationships, and the way we experience everyday life.

From worry to panic, a relentless chase, a whispering storm that disrupts our grace.
Catherine Pulsifer, Stress Births Anxiety

The good thing about being old, is you don’t have to worry about dying young.
Stephen King

A hundred years ago, life was simpler. . . . no fancy tech that's so clever and always in a hurry.
Catherine Pulsifer, 100 Years Ago

To some degree, most people worry about retirement. Many worry about not having enough money.
Ernie Zelinski, How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free

Don't worry about your destiny, but try to do your best
James Henry Thomas

When tempted to torture a sensitive heart, just leave words that worry unsaid.
Caroll Van Court, Do You?

Don't chain your worries to your body. The burden soon becomes heavy and your health will give too much of itself to pick up the extra load.
Astrid Alauda

What shall I pack up to carry from the old year to the new? I'll leave out the frets that harry, thoughts unjust and doubts untrue.
Amos R. Wells, I Pack My Trunk

You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear.
Wallace D. Wattles

Not knowing is what has me worried; as long as I know, it's okay. I'll try to endure winter's dark days, if summer returns here some day.
Greta Zwaan, Summers Demise

Oh teenage years I had many a worry ...looking back I now realize many of my worries never materialize.
Catherine Pulsifer, Teenage Years

Conclusion

Worry can take up a great deal of our time without giving us anything useful in return. While we cannot prevent every concern from entering our minds, we can choose not to let worry control the way we live.

May these worry quotes encourage you to focus on what you can do, trust God with what you cannot change, and make room for gratitude, hope, and peace in each day.

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