Thoughts—Worry	
QUICK CHECK:
We humans have lost the wisdom of resting and 
relaxing.  We worry too much.  We don't allow our 
bodies to heal.  We don't allow our minds and hears 
to heal.  Rest, relax, and heal.   —Thich Hanh
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles . . .
by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can 
manage it.   —Mark Twain
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.—Dan Zadra
Sorrow looks back — Worry looks around —
Faith looks up.  —Ralph Waldo Emerson
You're worried about what-ifs.  Well, what if you 
stopped worrying? —Shannon Celebi
Worry is the opposite of power.   —Bryant McGill
There is a great difference between worry and 
concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a 
concerned person solves a problem." 
    —Harold Stephen
Worry is the stomach’s worst poison."  —A. Nobel
1. Mayo:  What 5 things does worry affect?
2. Burdette:  Which 2 days does he not worry?
3. tenBoom: What does worry empty?
4. Allen:  a) Where are you today?  b) Where will 	
you be tomorrow?	
5. Crane:  a) Who are are best friends?  b) Who 	
are our worst enemies?  	
6. Heine: What precedes action?
7. Twain: Do what with thoughts?
8. Zadra:  What is worry?
9. McGill:  What is worry?
10. Stephen:  What is the difference between a 
 worried person and a concerned person? 
11. What is the stomach's worst poison?
12. a) Which quote do you like?  b) Give a reason 	
for your choice.	
As a cure for 
worrying, work is 
better than whiskey. 
—Thomas Edison
Do not anticipate 
trouble, or worry 
about what may 
never happen.  Keep 
in the sunlight.
—Benjamin Franklin
Worry affects the 
circulation, the heart, 
the glands, the whole nervous system, and badly 
affects the health.  I have never known a man who 
died from overwork, but many who died from 
worry.    —Charles Mayo
There are two days in the week about which and 
upon which I never worry:  One is yesterday and the 
other day I do not worry about is tomorrow.
   —Robert Burdette
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it 
empties today of its strength.  —Corrie ten Boom
You are today where your thoughts have brought 
you.  You will be tomorrow where your thoughts 
take you.   —James Allen
You can discover what your enemy fears most by 
observing the way he uses to frighten you.
    —Eric Hoffer
Our best friends and our worst enemies are our 
thoughts.  A thought can do us more good than a 
doctor or a banker or a faithful friend.  It can also 
do us more harm than a brick.       —Frank Crane
Thought precedes (comes before) action as
lighting does thunder.   —Heinrich Heine
Thoughts & Quotes