Guy Finley Quotes

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

Worry is useless mulling over of things we cannot change. Worry is not concern, which would motivate you to do everything possible in a situation.

Ninety per-cent of what we worry about never happens, yet we worry and worry. What a horrible way to go through life! What a horrible thing to do to your colon!

Worry is wasteful and useless in times like these.

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

Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today

Worrying about tomorrow is the best way to screw up today.

Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Well, that's why smart people get tripped up with worry and fear. Worry...fear...is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has been placed in each of us. Because we are smart and creative, we imagine all the things that could happen, that might happen, that will happen if this or that happens. See what I mean?

Worry is a complete waste of energy. It solves nothing.

I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.

Worry is just imagination used in an unproductive way.

Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled.

Worry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry.

WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.

Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

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

Quit worrying about your health. It will go away.

I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them... those are the ones in trouble.

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be.

Worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.

Unfortunately, on one or both of my shoulders sits lots of anxiety and that is a controlling factor in my life.