Nora Roberts Quotes

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

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.

I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.

It's hard for me to be happy because I'm always worried about something going awry or what could happen to screw it up. It's hard for me to sit and look around, going, 'Ah, I'm really happy.' I'm not that kind of person.

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

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I don't want to make the wrong mistake.

Most of the things we are afraid will happen never do. Something to think about.

I think it's scary to be alive, but also exhilarating and joyful.

'What if?' is just about the worst question I can ask myself, and I want to avoid it at all costs for the rest of my life.

Along with any great joy comes a good deal of anxiety and nervousness.

I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire.

It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is to live in the now. Not to be for ever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.

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

People get too caught up in what they don't have and get bogged down as a result. There's joy in the present. It's important to just make the most of the these moments we have. Keep an eye on the future, but don't forget to enjoy NOW.

Worry erases the promises of God from your mind.

Worrying is worthless. When you stop focusing on what has already happened and what may never happen, then you'll be in the present moment. Then you'll begin to experience joy in life.

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

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

I know, he said. We are into the Bad Idea neighborhood and heading down I Have a Bad Feeling Street. (Shane)

Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.