Polite Protest

Worry is rust upon the blade. - Henry Ward Hughes

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. - William Shakespeare

Give your stress wings and let it fly away. - Gerri Guillemets

Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. - David Mamet

Pessimism is the triumph of worry over matter. - Unknown

If stress burned calories, I'd be a supermodel. - Unknown

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Of all the things to worry about; the Wookie has no pants. - Mark Hamill

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. - Lily Tomlin

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about. - Christopher Walken

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

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon. - John Madden

A pessimist is someone who makes difficulties of his opportunities. - Unknown

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. - Oscar Wilde

Too much homework can cause stress, depression and even lower grades. - Unknown

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

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

A diamond is just a piece of coal that handles stress exceptionally well. - Unknown

Never worry about criticism from people you would never take advice from. - Unknown

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

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. - Elias Canetti

Don't do something permanently stupid because you're temporarily upset. - Unknown

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

Stress depletes willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions. - Roy F Baumeister

In hotel rooms I worry. I can't be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked. - Jonathan Katz

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

An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about. - Austin O'Malley

I worry about scientists discovering someday that lettuce has been fattening all along. - Erma Bombeck

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. - Stacia Tauscher

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

In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. - Howard Zinn

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Cabell

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. - Bill Vaughan

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader (realist) adjusts the sails. - John C Maxwell

Teach your daughter to worry less about fitting into the glass slippers and more about shattering the glass ceilings. - Unknown

Worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom with the dishes. - P.J. O'Rourke

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind. - Albert Schweitzer

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry. - Harvey Mackay