Boyd K. Packer Quotes

Don't worry. Worry is useless. I worried anyway

Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change.

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

There's no point about whining or complaining or screaming.

As long as you can worry about the stuff you can control, that's always best for you.

There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short.

We remain unnecessarily worried. All worries are futile because that which is going to happen is going to happen.

One problem I have definitely solved is the problem of not having enough to worry about.

Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don't want.

Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?

Worry is just imagination used in an unproductive way.

Ain't no sense worrying about the things you got control over 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worrying. Ain't no sense worrying about the things you got no control over 'cause if you got no control over 'em, ain't no sense worrying.

How simple it is to see that all the worry in the world cannot control the future.

What this means in practice is that if you are not a born worrier you have nothing to worry about (though of course you wouldn't be worrying anyway), whereas if you are a worrier by nature there is absolutely nothing you can do about it, so you may as well stop worrying, except of course you can't.

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.

...we all must admit that everything is fine and there's no need in the world to worry, and in fact we should realize what it would mean to us to UNDERSTAND that we're not REALLY worried about ANYTHING.

I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter.

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

There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.

Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due

Convince yourself that worrying about many situations will make them worse rather than improve them.

Furthermore, worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us. It is wasted energy.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

I can't worry about match too much. There's nothing I can do.