Worry Quotes | Inspirational Sayings for Overcoming Worry

Worrying is one of the most common habits that often steals our peace of mind, but it’s also something we have the power to overcome. By focusing on positivity, gratitude, and trust, we can let go of unnecessary worries and embrace life as it is. Here are 80 inspirational sayings to help you let go of worry and focus on what truly matters.

Quotes About Letting Go of Worry

• Worry less. Smile more. Listen carefully. Take responsibility. Accept what you can’t change. Embrace the lessons. Love your life. Today.
• Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
• Ride and never worry about the fall.
• Stop thinking, and end your problems. – Lao Tzu
• You never need to worry about your players when your goal keeper is GOD.
• Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything. – Philippians 4:6
• Overthinking ruins you. Ruins the situation, twists things around, makes you worry and just makes everything much worse than it actually is.
• Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives. – Francis Chan
• We have no control of yesterday, but we can ruin today, by worrying about tomorrow.
• Worrying is like a rocking chair—it gives you something to do but gets you nowhere.
• Worry, doubt, fear, and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
• Worry is a total waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All it does is steal your joy and keeps you very busy doing nothing.
• Why worry and have wrinkles when you can smile and have dimples?
• Anxiety happens when we think we have to figure everything out. Turn to God, He has a plan.
• Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.
• When I stop caring, that’s when you should start worrying.
• Don’t just hurry, don’t just waste. Life is a treasure, enjoy the pleasure. – RVM
• Worry is a misuse of imagination.
• I’ve got 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made-up scenarios in my head that I’m stressing about for no logical reason.
• You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. – Eleanor Roosevelt
• Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. – Benjamin Franklin
• My child, you worry too much. I’ve got this, remember? Love, God.

Quotes About Faith and Trust

• That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
• You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.
• Concern should drive us into action and not into depression.
• Worry is only interest paid on trouble before you receive it.
• Sometimes you lie in bed at night, and you don’t have a single thing to worry about…That always worries me! – Charles M. Schulz
• When we worry too much, we believe more in our problems than in God’s promises.
• Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
• Worrying is using your imagination to create things you don’t want.
• Do not worry about losing something in this world because you brought nothing with you.
• Leave hurt in the past, fun for now, and worry for later.
• Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not. – Ana Monnar
• Worry looks around, faith looks up, guilt looks down, but I look forward.
• Stop worrying about someone who isn’t worried about you. – Mitchell Perry
• Do not worry about the future for it is not yet come. Live each day in the present and make it beautiful.
• Most of the things you worry about never happen!
• My big anxiety cure-all: I’m gonna die and this isn’t gonna matter. – Alex Hormozi
• Worrying doesn’t take tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.
• Life is too short to worry about what you don’t have.
• Don’t worry, be happy. – Bob Marley
• When you get to the place where you would worry, stop and pray.

Quotes About Overcoming Worry

• Worrying won’t change the outcome, but a positive attitude changes everything.
• Worrying is like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain.
• The less you give a f***, the happier you’ll be.
• Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering, and doubting. Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to be.
• Worry and fear cannot conquer you if you are full of confidence and courage. – Dr. T.P. Chia
• Stop overthinking. Relax and let it go.
• Don’t sweat the small stuff, and it’s all small stuff.
• Worrying will never change the outcome.
• Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. – Swedish Proverb
• Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have.
• A hundred-load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
• Confusion is the main cause of worry. – Dale Carnegie
• Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. – George Washington
• Don’t worry, just breathe. If it’s meant to be, it will find its way.
• Worrying is like praying for what you don’t want.
• If a problem can be solved, no need to worry about it. If a problem cannot be solved, what is the use of worrying?
• Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
• Do your best and don’t worry.
• Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future and not enough presence. – Eckhart Tolle
• Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
• Save energy, only worry about the things you can fix. If you can’t fix it, don’t worry about it.
• Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. – Roy Bennett
• Each moment of worry, anxiety, or stress represents lack of faith in miracles, for they never cease. – T.F. Hodge

Quotes About the Futility of Worry

• I refuse to be burdened by vague worries. If something wants to worry me, it will have to make itself clear.
• Worrying is a waste of imagination and it also ruins a good day.
• We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.
• Don’t miss the sun today worrying about the rain coming tomorrow.
• Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.
• Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose. – Eckhart Tolle
• Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all. – Thomas Carlyle
• When things are perfect, that’s when you need to worry most. – Drew Barrymore
• Worrying is like betting against yourself.
• Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time. – Mignon McLaughlin
• If you treat every situation as a life-and-death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.
• Exhaust your worries and they will soon leave you. – Stephen Richards
• Once a decision was made, I didn’t worry about it afterward. – Harry S. Truman
• Worrying is literally betting against yourself.
• There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. – Epictetus

At the heart of it, worry robs us of the present moment, often without reason. Instead of focusing on what we cannot control, let’s practice acceptance, faith, and action. These quotes remind us that by letting go of worry, we can experience more peace and joy in our daily lives.