Anxiety Quotes

Find comfort and understanding in these relatable anxiety quotes. Whether you're struggling with anxiety attacks, social anxiety, or another form of this mental health condition, these quotes can help you to feel seen and heard. Simply copy and download your favorite quote, or use it as inspiration to write your own.

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Everything you have ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.

Everything you have ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Worry in the dark can make it even darker.

Worry in the dark can make it even darker.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.

There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.

Don’t believe everything you think.

Don’t believe everything you think.

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.

The way you tell your story to yourself matters.

The way you tell your story to yourself matters.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.

Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.

Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.

Surrender to what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.

Surrender to what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.

Act the way that you want to feel.

Act the way that you want to feel.

Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.

Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.

If you aren’t willing to have it, you will.

If you aren’t willing to have it, you will.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.

We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.

It’s not time to worry yet.

It’s not time to worry yet.

If you’re going through hell keep going.

If you’re going through hell keep going.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.

I just give myself permission to suck. I find this hugely liberating.

I just give myself permission to suck. I find this hugely liberating.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes everything is an emergency.

You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 am.

Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 am.

Worry is my worst enemy... an enemy I unleash upon myself.

Worry is my worst enemy... an enemy I unleash upon myself.

Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.

The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.