Margaret Millar Quotes

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

Never meet trouble half-way.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.

Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.

Worry is interest paid before it's due.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

If you're not worried, you're not reasonable.

If you can't pay your bills, it has a really tough effect on your mental state.

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.

trouble always seems heavier when it is only one's thought and not one's bodily activity that is employed about it.

In the end we always wear out our worries. That’s what Wireman says.

Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe.

Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.

I would rather worry without need than live without heed.

Stay present. You'll always have time to worry later on if you want to.

Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.

Do you think anything else can go wrong tonight?" Kaden turned to look at Nicholas coming up behind her and nodded. "Yes ma'am. I'd say all kinds of things could go wrong.