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• There is nothing that wastes the body like worry.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Happiness, Waste, Body

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.277, Vintage

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• Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

  Laozi

  Success, Weed, Dream

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• In the end, it's never what you worry about that gets you.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Ends

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• If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull.

  Zig Ziglar

  Attitude, Effort, Enough

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Mar 22, 2013

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• Don't worry, now that I know about your little ego problem, I'll do my best to look all gushy when you pound you chest.

  Christine Feehan

  Ego Problem, Littles, Pounds

  Christine Feehan (2003). “Shadow Game”, p.257, Penguin

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• Today's worries are yesterday's fears and tomorrow's stories.

  Alyson Noel

  Yesterday, Stories, Today

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• The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution.

  Jim Rohn

  Doubt, Enemy, Indifference

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• Worry is when you choose from millions of possible thoughts, only the few which deal with a potential misfortune or problem. Once you accept your worrying as the act of choosing specific thoughts, you can consciously make an effort to avoid those thoughts that cause you needless pain and choose more constructive, positive thoughts.

  Zelig Pliskin

  Pain, Effort, Causes

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• Worry is the most popular form of suicide. Worry impairs appetite, disturbs sleep, makes respiration irregular, spoils digestion, irritates disposition, warps character, weakens mind, stimulates disease, and saps bodily health. It is the real cause of death in thousands of instances where some other disease is named on the death certificate.

  William George Jordan

  Suicide, Real, Character

  William George Jordan (1901). “The kingship of self-control [from Self-control, its kingship and majesty] by W.G. Jordon [sic].”

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• If you can solve your problem, what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, what is the use of worrying.

  Shantideva

  Needs, Use, Problem

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• I know worrying works, because none of the stuff I worried about ever happened.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Stuff

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• What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?

  Dean Koontz

  Doe, Accomplish

  Dean Koontz (2012). “Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.346, Bantam

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• Worrying about things beyond your control is a pretty good formula for illness.

  Robin Sharma

  Illness, Formulas

  Robin Sharma (2010). “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign!

  Nellie Melba

  People, Worst, Worst Things

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• When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.

  Indra Nooyi

  Responsibility, Cake, President

  "No Fear of Failure: Real Stories of How Leaders Deal With Risk and Change". Book by Gary Burnison, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2011.

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• I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't ever get too big for your breeches; always be an authentic person; don't worry too much about being famous and rich because that doesn't amount to too much.

  Ruth Simmons

  Parent, Taught, Too Much

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• If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.

  Brent Weeks

  Player, Trying, Spectators

  Brent Weeks (2009). “The Way Of Shadows: Book 1 of the Night Angel”, p.123, Hachette UK

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• To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the West, I do not feel hatred. At most I feel a great contempt. I know only that every single one of us reeks of selfishness, masochism and death. We have created a system in which it has simply become impossible to live, and what's more, we continue to export it.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Children, Europe, Hatred

  Michel Houellebecq (2003). “Platform: A Novel”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to the public. That was my job. I think I always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give ‘em what they never knew they wanted.

  Diana Vreeland

  Jobs, Thinking, Views

  Diana Vreeland (1984). “D.V.”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.

  Diana Vreeland

  Facts, Projects

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• Don't worry so much where you live but how you live. Make the family of man your family as well.

  Edgar Cayce

  Men, Where You Live, Our Family

  "Edgar Cayce On the Millennium". Book by Jess Stearn. Chapter One: "The great new planet earth", 1998.

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• If you don't like who you are and where you are, don't worry about it because you're not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are.

  Zig Ziglar

  Positivity, Where You Are, Stuck

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Just put one foot in front of the other and don't worry about the length of the path. Once you get on that path, and the longer you stay on it, there eventually will come a time when you will not turn back.

  Martina Navratilova

  Feet, Path, Length

  Martina Navratilova (2007). “Shape Your Self: My 6-Step Diet and Fitness Plan to Achieve the Best Shape of Your Life”, p.13, Rodale

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