
And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.”
“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension.
And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”
“That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. “People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching a cold.”. “You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”. “Give your worry a name, and when you feel it approaching, call it by name and tell it to leave.”. “Worry pretends to be necessary, but serves no useful purpose.”. “Worrying about every little thing will eventually stop you in your tracks for good. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.” You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. “The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. “Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years.