40 Supportive Quotes to Help Ease Your Anxiety
I don’t know about you, but I love me a good quote.
There’s something about reading motivational quotes, especially when I am feeling anxious, that help put things into perspective and calm my overthinking mind. They also act as little reminders that “this too shall pass” and that I can overcome anything.
Here is a list of my favorite quotes about overcoming anxiety. I hope these provide the motivation, encouragement and support you need to feel a little less anxious and a little more confident to take on whatever life throws at you.
“In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go.” – Jack Kornfield
“Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.”—Jodi Picoult
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” – Henry Miller
“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” – Dan Millman
“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” – Deepak Chopra
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Everything you have ever wanted, is sitting on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
“Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us.” – Nicole Reed
“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” – Lily Tomlin
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” – Wayne W. Dyer
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” —Charles Spurgeon
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”—David Mamet
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”—William S. Burroughs
“Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.” —Anonymous
“The way you tell your story to yourself matters.”—Amy Cuddy
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges.”—Bryant McGill
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”—Sydney J. Harris
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”—Eckhart Tolle
“We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.”—Christopher Hitchens
“You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.”—Zig Ziglar
“Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.”—Karen Salmansohn
“Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 am.”—Anonymous
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”—Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”—Anonymous
“Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.”—Renee Jain
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”—Frank A. Clark
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Olin Miller
“It’s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” – Mandy Hale
“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths.” – Etty Hillesum
“What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.” – Martha Graham
“Life is 10% of what you experience and 90% of how you respond to it.” – Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Just because I can’t explain the feelings causing my anxiety doesn’t make them less valid.” – Lauren Elizabeth
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” – Pema Chodron
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddha
“I just give myself permission to suck…I find this hugely liberating.”—John Green
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” —Anne Lamott
“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” —Walter Anderson
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” —Steven Hayes
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