“In a really enjoyable game, the players are balanced on the fine line between boredom and anxiety. The same is true when… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“That tension creates the internal stress that drives the anxiety when we are putting in the hours, but end up having nothing… — Nina Harrington Copy Share Image
My nervous system is a shattered wreck, and I am absolutely bored and listless save when I come upon something which peculiarly… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn't even run to catch… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Does our purpose on Earth directly link to the people whom we end up meeting? Are our relationships and experiences actually the… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
“I know everything's alright but I want proof and the Buddhas and the Virgin Marys are there reminding me of the solemn… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“Truces may stop the battles, but part of you will always feel like you're at war.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Our capacity for calm ultimately depends on our levels of expectation: if we suppose that most things normally turn out to be… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“I lied and said I was busy. I was busy; but not in a way most people understand. I was busy taking… — Brittin Oakman Copy Share Image
Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Your mind and body are a source of confidence not anxiety. So take a breath and be proud of the person you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death? — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Marriage is the lightning rod that absorbs anxiety and stress from all other sources, past and present. When marriage has a firm… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition either by… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“When your social anxiety becomes so great that you have to avoid the specific situation that causes it, you are dealing with… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
I used to get so tense at school that my pencils would break on the page. I'd get very, very worried about… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting. — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
I don't know very many people in the art world, only socialise with the few I like, and have little time to… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with. — Ricky Williams Copy Share Image
Ours is a time of anxiety because we have willed it to be so. Our anxiety is not imposed on us by… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
