Fear Quote by Melody Beattie Download Open image “Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.” — Melody Beattie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Illusion Obsessing Play Tricks Worry
We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Worrying about things you cannot control is folly. Focus only on those few things you have any control over, and your life becomes much… — Jeffrey Fry Copy Share Image
Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you? — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Although most of us realize what we control and do not control, we live as though we do not really know, and in some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Worry is most often a prideful way of thinking that you have more control over life and its circumstances than you actually do. — June Hunt Copy Share Image
We're always caught up in the, 'Just control the things that you can control,' and sometimes you can't control those. — Tyler Herro Copy Share Image
It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over? — Mike Quade Copy Share Image
“Focus on what you can control. Worrying about anything else is just a waste of your time. Worry and regret steal our happiness and,… — C.C. Wood Copy Share Image
Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all,… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Frequently, when I suggest to people that they detach from a person or problem, they recoil in horror. “Oh, no!” they say. “I could… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Once they have been affected---once "it" sets in---codependency takes on a life of its own. It is similar to catching pneumonia or picking up… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
It's not what we don't know that hurts us, people say. It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.” — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“I want to thank each person who has the courage to push through and past the set of coping behaviors we’ve come to label… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months… — Devon Ashley Copy Share Image
“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.” — Nagisa Tatsumi Copy Share Image
“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry” like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns… — Tim Sanders Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“Yes, the issue was courage. It always had been, even as a kid. Things scared him. He couldn't help it. Noise scared him, dark… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image