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title: "8 Anxiety Worry Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Nothing comes so naturally to a human being as anxiety and worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-richardson/nothing-comes-so-naturally-to-a-human-being-as-anxiety-and-worry/)

[Brian Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-richardson/)

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> [Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-carey/writers-at-least-writers-of-fiction-are-always-full-of-anxiety-and/)

[Peter Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-carey/)

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> [“We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are; it may be an indication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-imagine-that-a-little-anxiety-and-worry-is-an-indication-of-how/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [No amount of anxiety or worry is going to make any difference to anything that's going to happen anyway, so why let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-phillips/no-amount-of-anxiety-or-worry-is-going-to-make-any-difference-to/)

[John Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-phillips/)

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> [In the past, I would try to control so much, but that's just too stressful, and gives me too much anxiety and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cam-gigandet/in-the-past-i-would-try-to-control-so-much-but-that-s-just-too/)

[Cam Gigandet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cam-gigandet/)

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> [Anxiety &amp; worry are nothing more than wasted effort. Trust. Use the energy for hard work, perseverance, &amp; other things that truly matter!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/anxiety-worry-are-nothing-more-than-wasted-effort-trust-use-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/status-anxiety-a-worry-so-pernicious-as-to-be-capable-of-ruining/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

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> [“When I don't have something to worry about, I worry. Nothing comes so naturally to a human being as anxiety and worry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-richardson/when-i-don-t-have-something-to-worry-about-i-worry-nothing-comes-so/)

[Brian Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-richardson/)

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