Embarking on the journey to find the best anxiety quotes, we aim to share words that provide comfort, inspire courage, and spark resilience.
Sometimes, anxiety can feel like a dark cloud that’s always hanging over you. But there are moments of light, and these moments often come from the wisdom and understanding that we find in quotes.
They’re not just words; they’re sparks of recognition, glimpses of experiences shared by others who have faced the same struggle.
This collection of anxiety quotes is designed to inspire, to lift you up during those tough times, and to remind you that you’re not alone.
After all, anxiety doesn’t define you, it’s just something you’re going through.
Understanding Anxiety: Quotes to Inspire
You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.
Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 a.m.
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
The only way out is through.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.
It’s okay to feel unstable. It’s okay to disassociate. It’s okay to hide from the world. It’s okay to need help. It’s okay not to be okay. Your mental illness is not a personal failure.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. ~ William James
Anxiety is having to remind yourself that being afraid of things going wrong isn’t the way to make things go right.
Quotes to Ease Your Mind
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. ~ Walter Anderson
Take a deep breath and remember, anxiety is the illusion of urgency.
You are strong for getting out of bed in the morning when it feels like hell. You are brave for doing things even though they scare you or make you anxious. And you are amazing for trying and holding on no matter how hard life gets.
Smile, breathe, and go slowly. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax. ~ Bryant McGill
Just because you’re in pain doesn’t mean you’re broken.
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~ Wayne Dyer
The sky isn’t less beautiful because it changes. In storm or in sunshine, it is still the sky. Similarly, you remain the same beautiful person in times of anxiety and calm.
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Anxiety Quotes to Help You Through Tough Times
Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming.
A positive mindset may not eliminate your anxiety, but it will certainly weaken its hold on you.
Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony. ~ Douglas Coupland
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. ~ Kahlil Gibran
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~ Kenji Miyazawa
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose oneself. ~ Søren Kierkegaard
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ~ William S. Burroughs
Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.
Quotes on Resilience and Courage
Give your stress wings and let it fly away. ~ Terri Guillemets
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength. ~ Corrie Ten Boom
Today’s trials will be tomorrow’s testimonies.
Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.’ ~ Eckhart Tolle
Slow breathing is like an anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won’t make the storm goes away, but it will hold you steady until it passes.
Trust the process of your life unfolding, and know with certainty, through the peaks and valleys of your journey, that your soul rests safe and secure in joy and peace.
Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the panic as a part of life instead of making it a condition of your happiness.
You are not weak. People like us, we’re brave. We’re the ones who get up and face our worst fears every day. We keep fighting.
Life is too short to stress yourself with people who don’t even deserve to be an issue in your life.
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand. ~ Oprah Winfrey
Anxiety Quotes: Words to Soothe Your Soul
The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved.
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
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Your anxiety is lying to you. You are going to be okay.
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity. ~ T. S. Eliot
Stress, anxiety, and depression are caused when we are living to please others. ~ Paulo Coelho
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
A Light in the Darkness: Empowering Quotes
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. ~ Buddha
Present fears are less than horrible imaginings. ~ William Shakespeare
Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries. ~ Astrid Alauda
Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over. ~ Guy Finley
You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you. ~ Dan Millman
Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all, it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. ~ Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~ Leo Buscaglia
Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes one feel as you might when a drowning man holds unto you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. ~ Anais Nin
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. ~ J.K. Rowling
Reflective Quotes on Anxiety
The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. ~ Wayne Dyer
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. ~ Epictetus
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. ~ Wayne Dyer
Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions. ~ Pema Chodron
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. ~ Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~ Lao Tzu
The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself. ~ Mark Messier
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief. ~ Brené Brown
Uplifting Messages for Stressful Moments
You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer
Act the way that you want to feel. ~ Gretchen Rubin
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. ~ Anne Lamott
Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. ~ Buddha
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. ~ Amit Ray
The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness. ~ Alain de Botton
Don’t let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. ~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
Stress is the trash of modern life – we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life. ~ Danzae Pace
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. ~ Grenville Kleiser
It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. ~ Hans Selye
Anxiety Quotes: Strength in Vulnerability
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today. ~ Shannon L. Alder
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears. ~ Michel De Montaigne
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. ~ Aesop
Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me. ~ Isabel Allende
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. ~ Bruce Lee
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. ~ Elbert Hubbard
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far. ~ Jodi Picoult
My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it. ~ Hugh Prather
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
A Breath of Fresh Words: Quotes for Calm
What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do. ~ Aristotle
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~ Swedish Proverb
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
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. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. ~ Lao Tzu
Don’t believe everything you think. ~ Byron Katie
Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon
There’s a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together. ~ Josh Billings
I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear. ~ Steve Maraboli
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Be gentle with yourself, you’re doing the best you can.
Famous Quotes About Coping with Anxiety
The way you tell your story to yourself matters. ~ Amy Cuddy
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. ~ Pema Chodron
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. ~ Natalie Goldberg
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Confucius
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Keep calm and carry on. ~ Winston Churchill
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ~ Marie Curie
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia. ~ Charles M. Schulz
Anxiety Quotes to Remind You of Your Strength
If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good. ~ Shantideva
Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are. ~ Chinese Proverb
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’ ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. ~ Buddha
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. ~ Arthur Somers Roche
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. ~ Corrie ten Boom
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times. ~ Dean Smith
When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, ‘They were able to do it. They had hard times and a lot of opposition, but they got through it.’ Then you feel, ‘I can do it too.’ ~ John Bach
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Messages of Hope: Encouraging Anxiety Quotes
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. ~ Sigmund Freud
In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. ~ Fred Rogers
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. ~ Richard Carlson
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. ~ E. Joseph Cossman
Remember, most of your stress comes from the way you respond, not the way life is. Adjust your attitude and all that extra stress is gone.
The key to reducing anxiety is to let each situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be.
It’s not stress that kills us, it’s our reaction to it. ~ Hans Selye
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea. ~ Mikhail Lermontov
We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. ~ David Mamet
Quotes to Guide You Through Stressful Days
The only way to handle pressure is to apply it. ~ Darrelle Revis
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ~ Confucius
Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace. ~ Joan Borysenko
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. ~ Sydney J. Harris
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ~ James Allen
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~ Chinese proverb
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. ~ William James
Stress is the trash of modern life—we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life. ~ Terri Guillemets
Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. ~ Seneca
Inspirational Anxiety Quotes
Your mind is your prison when you focus on your fear. ~ Tim Fargo
Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries. ~ Astrid Alauda
Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. ~ Hermann Hesse
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. ~ Lou Holtz
Breathe in courage, exhale fear.
The day she let go of the things that were weighing her down, was the day she began to shine the brightest. ~ Katrina Mayer
Just because something is happening around you doesn’t mean it has to happen within you.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. ~ Seneca
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Wrap up
In the end, the best anxiety quotes can offer a great deal of solace and understanding. They don’t promise a cure, but they provide hope—a reminder that we’re all connected in our struggles. They make us realize that it’s okay to not be okay all the time, and it’s normal to feel anxious. So, keep these quotes close to your heart, let them inspire courage, and remember, you are stronger than your anxiety. Each day is a new battle, and every step you take is a victory. Let these quotes be your armor as you fight your battles with anxiety.
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