Anxiety
Quotes - I want to live a happy life
“I
tell myself that I want to live a happy life, and that the circumstances for
happiness just haven't arisen. But what if that's not true? What if I'm the one
who can't let myself be happy? Because I'm scared, or I prefer to wallow in
self-pity, or I don't believe I deserve good things, or some other reason.
Whenever something good happens to me I always find myself thinking: I wonder
how long it will be until this turns out badly. And I almost want the worst to
happen sooner, sooner rather than later, and if possibile straight away, so at
least I don't have to feel anxious about it anymore.”
―
Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Don't
waste your time trying to provide people with proof of deceit, in order to keep
their love, win their love or salvage their respect for you. The truth is this:
If they care they will go out of their way to learn the truth. If they don't
then they really don't value you as a human being. The moment you have to sell
people on who you are is the moment you let yourself believe that every good
thing you have ever done or accomplished was invisible to the world. And, it is
not!”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“I
wanted to just sink into my media downloads for a while and pretend I didn't
exist.”
―
Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“I
remember being scared that something must, surely, go wrong, if we were this
happy, her and me, in the early days, when our love was settling into the shape
of our lives like cake mixture reaching the corners of the tin as it swells and
bakes.”
―
Max Porter, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
“The
sky was so blue I couldn’t look at it because it made me sad, swelling tears in
my eyes and they dripped quietly on the floor as I got on with my day. I tried
to keep my focus, ticked off the to-do list, did my chores. Packed orders,
wrote emails, paid bills and rewrote stories,
but
the panic kept growing, exploding in my chest. Tears falling on the desk
tick
tick tick
me
not making a sound
and
some days I just don't know what to do. Where to go or who to see and I try to
be gentle, soft and kind,
but
anxiety eats you up and I just want to be fine.”
―
Charlotte Eriksson
“I
wondered what you'd have on the side with a plate of Deep Fried Anxiety.
Pickles? Coleslaw? Potato-strychnine mash?”
―
Robin McKinley, Sunshine
“Fear
and anxiety many times indicates that we are moving in a positive direction,
out of the safe confines of our comfort zone, and in the direction of our true
purpose.”
―
Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
“What
worries you masters you.”
―
John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Volume I
“What
does your anxiety do? It does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but it empties
today of its strength. It does not make you escape the evil; it makes you unfit
to cope with it if it comes.”
―
Raymond L. Cramer, The Psychology of Jesus & Mental Health
“They
say, "Look before you leap." So look. But do not look for too long.
Do not look into the void of uncertainty trying to predict each and every
possible outcome, to evaluate every possible mistake, to prevent each possible
failure. Look for the opportunity to leap, and leap faster than your fear can
grab you. Leap before you talk yourself out of it, before you convince yourself
to set up a temporary camp that turns into a permanent delay on your journey
into your own heart.”
―
Vironika Tugaleva
“The
more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because
there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.”
―
Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness
“A
premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one
would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable
instances where one would have experienced pain.”
―
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“I
hope you see what you've done to me.”
―
Matthew Little, Hell in a Basket
“We
can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.”
―
Jeff Bezos
“I
have an obligation to help eliminate the stigma attached to mental illness.
When I’m feeling despondent and someone asks in a sincere way how I am, I have
a duty to tell the truth. It’s no different from saying I have a bad cold. By
speaking candidly, I give others permission to acknowledge their own mental
illness, talk about it, and seek help. I must break the silence instead of
treating my depression like a shameful character flaw.”
―
Larry Godwin, Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
“in
my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the
opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.”
―
Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
“When
you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is
improvisation of the heart; anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed
script.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“Now
that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business,
Why
not find a better job?”
―
Hafez, The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and
Hope
“I
feel like a violet standing alone in a vast meadow. When a cool, gentle breeze
blows, I feel peaceful. If the wind turns strong and hot from the south, I plot
suicide.”
―
Larry Godwin, Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
“By
masking my mental illness, I get along with almost everyone. Although the odd
duck, I honor society’s rules. No one else could imagine my mind’s interior.”
―
Larry Godwin, Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
“Aesthetic
value emanates from the struggle between texts: in the reader, in language, in
the classroom, in arguments within a society. Aesthetic value rises out of
memory, and so (as Nietzsche saw) out of pain, the pain of surrendering easier
pleasures in favour of much more difficult ones ... successful literary works
are achieved anxieties, not releases from anxieties.”
―
Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
“Conformity
begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“What
delicious abandon in the sleep of the child. Where do we lose it?”
―
Frank Herbert, Dune
“For
one, dazzling, infinite moment, August felt like he was standing on a precipice,
the end of one world and the beginning of another, a whisper and a bang.”
―
Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
“When
I feel threatened, vulnerable, or insecure, whether it from simply walking into
a room of unknown people, meeting someone for the first time, an unexpected or
expected confrontation, or doing something new, I affirm in my mind (over and
over): There is no danger, there is no threat. From there, the discomfort
lessens and I become open for discovery and adventure.”
―
Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
“Alcohol
has its own well-know defects as a medication for depression but no one has
ever suggested - ask any doctor - that it is not the most effective
anti-anxiety agent yet known.”
―
Joan Didion, Blue Nights
“Intimidated,
old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to
do.”
―
Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
“So
why do we worry? Why do we worry about food and clothing About finances and
money? About security and the needs of life? We have Jehovah-Rohi! We have the
Lord as our caring Shepherd. When fears regarding the cares of this world set
in, we need to confidently lean on God's promise to care for us. Then we can
declare to God, "Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You" (Psalm
56:3)”
―
Elizabeth George, Quiet Confidence for a Woman's Heart: The Power of God's
Restoration and Healing
