Quotes by Worry Worry is belief gone wrong. Because you don't believe that God will get it right. But peace - peace is belief that exhales. Because you believe that God's provision is everywhere - like air. Ann Voskamp air worry believe Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is. Ann Voskamp prayer action worry Wherever you are, be all there." I have lived the runner, panting ahead in worry, pounding back in regrets, terrified to live in the present, because here-time asks me to do the hardest of all: just open wide and receive. Ann Voskamp live-in-the-present regret worry Are stress and worry evidence of a soul too lazy, too undisciplined, to keep gaze fixed on God? Ann Voskamp thanksgiving stress worry I pray every night. I just talk to God and I can go to sleep. I don't worry anymore. Anna Chlumsky worry sleep night Day-to-day scheduling is always a conflict. You go, "Oh, I want to go to that awards show because when am I ever going to do that again?" But then you go, "Yeah...except this other thing is more important." It's more the micro day-to-day stuff that becomes a daily task as opposed to worrying too much about the career. Anna Chlumsky conflict important worry We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric. Anna Deavere Smith our-actions real worry I was so completely anxious before I had a child, but now my biggest worry is something happening to her, so anything other than that I can handle. That's not to say I'm calm, because that would be b****cks! I wish it were the case, but it's getting better as I get older. Anna Friel get-better worry children I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going. Anna Funder taken worry two Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value. Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay spiritual worry littles Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat. Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay moments soul worry If you in the morning Throw minutes away, You can't pick them up In the course of a day. You may hurry and scurry, And flurry and worry, You've lost them forever, Forever and aye. Anna Sewell forever worry morning You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision. Anna Wintour competition worry people GMO agriculture will probably save the world in this century. But in the developed world, where few people are haunted by the specter of famine, people are free to fetishize heirloom tomatoes and worry about the provenance of what sits on their dinner tables. Annalee Newitz gmos agriculture worry I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing. Anne Enright worry writing thinking Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but it will never substitute for holding the book. I feel certain that at least within my lifetime, everyone will still be going to the bookstore and buying printed books. Thank God I'll die before I have to worry about whether the printed book itself will disappear. That's something I don't want to live to see. Anne Fadiman thank-god worry book Peppo!" I yelled, pulling at my cousin's suspenders. "I really don't want to be arrested, okay?" "Don't worry!" Peppo turned a corner and accelerated as he spoke. "I go too fast for police! Anne Fortier cousin police worry I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won't even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. Yours truly has put this magic formula to use, with great success! Anne Frank worry running fall I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down. Anne Lamott worry writing memories Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they say or do reveal who they are, and be involved in their lives, and keep asking yourself, Now what happens? The development of relationship creates plot. Anne Lamott plot worry character «4567891011121314»
