Vance Havner Quotes

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

I don't have time to be depressed.

You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't let it ruin your life. I'm actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don't, really. It's not like I'm trying to exorcise any demons.

I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can be divorced and flourish. When we believed that happiness was only smiling and good mood, that wasn't very good for people like me, people in the lower half of positive affectivity.

Tension happens. It will continue to happen. If we didn't have tension, we wouldn't be alive. How we maintenance ourselves makes all the difference in how we live our lives.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.

To worry is to become accessible, unwittingly accessible. And once you worry you cling to anything out of desperation; and once you cling you are bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whoever or whatever you are clinging to.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They belong to human life. They are inevitable. Brooding only gives them strength.

No one is depressed when they're being chased by a bear.

Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.

Long week. Long month. Long life.

Take a deep breath, listen to your favorite song and realize everything is gonna be okay, nothing is permanent.

If you didn't have anxiety, then you wouldn't have passion for anything. The reason we have anxiety is because you care and you're thoughtful.

To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.

Let's get this started, people. It won't be long before we all lose our minds.

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.

It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.

We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life.

Feeling better is not actually being better.