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Anxiety is tough to talk about and even harder to live with. These anxiety quotes will help you find some much-needed release when you feel as if you’re spinning out of control or looking for a means to relieve your anxiety and relax from the thoughts swirling around your mind.

Anxiety disorders are the most frequent mental ailment in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), affecting 18.1 percent of the population each year. Anxiety disorders are estimated to cost the United States more than $42 billion each year.

Anxiety is a common emotion. Fear, concern, apprehension, and anxiousness are all symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety is something that everyone goes through from time to time. Anxiety can disrupt your life and interfere with regular activities, including school, job, and relationships in some circumstances. Life’s obligations can sometimes increase the frequency with which people experience anxiety.

Anxiety might be beneficial at times. It can encourage you to complete chores, work harder toward a goal, and warn you when you are in danger. Anxiety can assist you in recognizing and anticipating future hazards and obstacles, giving you time to prepare. Even though coping with anxiety can be a difficult struggle, the good news is that you can win it.

How do Positive Anxiety Quotes Help?

Quotes like the ones below can be used in small therapy sessions. When you read a quote that makes you feel good, gives you hope, or helps you relax, you know it’s healthy.

“If something happens, I’ll find a method to deal with it,” is one mantra that can help. Having faith that you’ll have the resources you need when you need them helps you relax and appreciate the present moment.

Positive Anxiety Quotes to Calm Your Mind

Here is a selection of positive anxiety quotes, anxiety proverbs, and anxiety sayings to help you cope. You can always use these quotes whenever you’re feeling anxious:

“Everything you have ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.” – George Addair.

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” – Charles Spurgeon.

“Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.” ― Anaïs Nin.

“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’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.”― Jodi Picoult.

“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.” –Henry David Thoreau.

“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?” – Thomas a Kempis.

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill.

“Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.”― Paulo Coelho.

“How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, “Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?” To which the man responded, “That’s your worry.” ― Max Lucado

“Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity. “– T. S. Eliot.

“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.”― Steve Maraboli.

 “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.” – Zig Ziglar.

 “Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Robert Tew.

 “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” — Thich Nhat Hanh.

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.” — Charlie Chaplin.

“People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” — George Bernard Shaw.

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” — Sydney J. Harris.

“Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect—on any front—and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.” — Fred Rogers.

“Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding.” ― Amit Ray.

“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” — Marcus Aurelius.

“Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.” ― Bob Schieffer.

“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. 

“Relax; the world’s not watching that closely. It’s too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich.

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” ― Kahlil Gibran.

“Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama.

“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” —Joyce Meyer.

“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.” ― William Shakespeare.

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D Larson.

“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.” — Pema Chodron.

“Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.” —  Renee Jain.

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” — John C. Maxwell.

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford.

“We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell.

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James.

Anxiety Treatment  in Southern California

Quotes can be extremely helpful to cope with anxiety, but they’re no substitute for traditional treatment. Anxiety disorders are usually met with a combination of therapy, medication, and other treatment methods tailored toward your specific needs. To learn more about custom treatment options available for anxiety in southern California, call (866) 476-2823 and talk to a member of the Story Wellness team today!