One Of Those Days

Adversity is the first path to truth. - Lord Byron

Adversity introduces a man to himself. - Unknown

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow. - Swedish Proverb

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. - Unknown

An optimist is simply a pessimist with no job experience. - Dilbert

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. - Robert G. Allen

Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. - Steven Wright

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. - Sam Kinison

Smile. It will bring serenity to the most stressful situations. - Garnet Hill

Love is something sent from heaven to worry the hell out of you. - Dolly Parton

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. - Charles C. Colton

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. - J. Churton Collins

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

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life. - Marilu Henner

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway. - Unknown

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. - Richard Carlson

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. - Natalie Goldberg

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. - Kelly Clarkson

Retirement means no pressure, no stress, no heartache... unless you play golf. - Gene Perret

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. - Billy Graham

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. - Hans Selye

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. - Seneca

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart. - Alice Walker

If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few. - Unknown

Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its troubles... it empties today of its strength. - Mary Englelbreit

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin

Concentrate on what you're doing - then you won't have time to tense up and worry. - Unknown

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. - Robert G. Ingersoll

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try. - Jack Canfield

An optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. - Winston Churchill

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. - Francis Bacon

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. - Unknown

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them. - Robert Benchley

Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress. - Gail Sheehy

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. - John Wooden

I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic. - Joe Scarborough

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. - Samuel Daniel