Maura Tierney Quotes

Most of the things I worried about in life never happened.

So perhaps the greatest worry of all was that one day you would realize that all the worries of your life amounted to one thing: the desire to just stop worrying.

I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.

I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?

You can't sit there and worry about everything.

I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon.

Don't worry about things that haven't happened yet.

I'm always surprised to rediscover that there's something kind of scary about life; and that the feeling we have that we're in charge is probably ill founded.

My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.

Has worrying about tomorrow every changed it?

I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.

And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?

You're scared of what you can't control

I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

I think that fear comes about when there's things in the world that we want to change, things we're scared or angry about, and we can't change them, and so we become fearful; we develop anxiety.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

I get nervous about everything. I think there's something wrong if you don't get nervous.

I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn't because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.

I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.

The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.

I'm a worry-wart, I'd say.

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.