Words for Worry and Fear

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.

Pleasure and pain, heat and cold — they come and they go. They do not last. Bear them patiently.

Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

You do not have to see the whole road. Only the next small step.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Muddy water, left still, slowly becomes clear.

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you; all things are passing.

Where death is, I am not; where I am, death is not.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

You have a right to your actions, but never to their outcomes. Do your part, and let the rest go.

Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

Confine yourself to the present.

Fear speaks loudly about tomorrow. Today, you only need to handle today.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

The present moment is the only place where life can be lived. Come back to it, breath by breath.

This too shall pass.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee.

One whose mind is untroubled in sorrow, who is free from fear and anger, is called a person of steady wisdom.

We do not "get over" a great loss. We learn, slowly, to live alongside it.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Your feet are on the ground. Your breath is still here. For this moment, you are safe.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

On this path no effort is ever lost, and even a little practice protects one from great fear.

A slow breath out, longer than the breath in, tells the body it is safe to soften.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

Worry is a story about the future. You are allowed to put the book down for a while.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds.

Like a lamp in a windless place that does not flicker — so is a mind that has found stillness.

Thoughts are not facts. You can notice a painful thought without obeying it.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the opinions about things.

You have found your way through hard days before. That strength has not left you.

Do not worry about tomorrow; each day has enough trouble of its own.

The mind is restless and hard to hold, but it can be steadied by patient practice and letting go.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

It is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.

Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.

Set down every worry and take refuge in the divine. Do not grieve.

Every feeling, even anger, rises, peaks and passes like a wave, usually far sooner than we fear.

He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Lead me from the unreal to the real; lead me from darkness to light; lead me from death to immortality.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee.

I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Be still, and know that I am God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.