19 Quotes About Worry

Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough.

No one can pray and worry at the same time.

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

Worry is nothing but practical infidelity. The person who worries reveals his lack of trust in God and that he is trusting too much in self.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Knowing that God is faithful, it really helps me to not be captivated by worry. But knowing that He will do what He has said, He will cause it to happen, whatever He has promised, and then it causes me to be less involved in worrying about a situation.

For some reason, we think of doubt and worry as "small" sins. But when a Christian displays unbelief...or an inability to cope with life, he is saying to the world, "My God cannot be trusted," and that kind of disrespect makes one guilty of a fundamental error, the heinous sin of dishonoring God. That is no small sin.

Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

What is needed for happy effectual service is simply to put your work into the Lord's hand, and leave it there. Do not take it to Him in prayer, saying, "Lord, guide me, Lord, give me wisdom, Lord, arrange for me," and then arise from your knees, and take the burden all back, and try to guide and arrange for yourself. Leave it with the Lord, and remember that what you trust to Him you must not worry over nor feel anxious about. Trust and worry cannot go together.

While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.

Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

Worry, by nature, is the product of a lack of faith and trust in God.

Do not quarrel ... with your lot in life. Do not complain of its never-ceasing cares, its petty environment, the vexations you have to stand, the small and sordid souls you have to live and work with.

Christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burden, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey.

You find no difficulty in trusting the Lord with the management of the universe and all the outward creation, and can your case be any more complex or difficult than these, that you need to be anxious or troubled about His management of it?