Edward Everett Hale Quotes

Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it's time.

Everyone worries about their kids, of course, but you can drive yourself nuts thinking about all the horrible things in the world - and many, many people do. I believe life is to be lived and not survived.

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

If you're intuitive and you have a desire for people to be happy and you want equilibrium and you want life to be good, then you'll worry. But we need to embrace the idea that, "No, I'm putting that aside, over there, in a box. I'll open that box when I wake up in the morning and deal with it then." I really find that men tend to do that, and it's great to be able to do.

I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled! [People who get upset and worried at the first sign of misfortune are only making their situation worse and thereby doubling their troubles. Stay calm and happy. Cool and joyful heads are more likely to survive and prevail.]

The worst thing about living in this world, in general, is that things get overwhelming, and things cause a tremendous amount of despair and anxiety.

I really make a point of never worrying, or trying not to worry, about the way I'm perceived. You'll go crazy otherwise.

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

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

Worry about the things you can control; the rest will either work themselves out, or they'll kill you. Either way, no more worries.

Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.

Worry is a waste of emotional reserve".

This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. "Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad days." Well, we had a big rain. I don't know what it was growing in but I think we used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothin'. They're your days. Choke 'em!

The only people without problems are those in cemeteries. It is not what happens to us that separates failures from successes. It is how we perceive and what we do about what happens that makes the difference.

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

Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

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

One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty.

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.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.