10 Best Anxiety Quotes to Make You Feel Calm, Empowered and In Control

I love a good quote! Finding simple but profound truths written by others makes us feel connected – part of a shared experience. And these anxiety quotes will also inspire you to step into a new perspective.

So go through this list, find one or two to save and remember and turn them into mantras or mottos to use when you’re feeling stressed, anxious, frustrated, or out of control.

Our anxious reaction to stress becomes a habitual response.

Using quotes like these as a new mantra creates a pattern interrupter to your anxiety-filled reactions.

It’s both helping to break the old habits and replace them with new ones. Habits of responding to life’s stressors with graceful resilience, calm, and empowerment.

10 Anxiety Quotes That Will Make You Feel Calm, Empowered and In Control

#1 “I can do hard things.“ – Sandy Woznicki

#2 “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran

#3 “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill

#4 “What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.” – Martha Graham

#5 “Your emotions are the physical and energetic manifestation of your thoughts. What are you thinking?” – Sandy Woznicki

#6 “Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh

#7 “People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.” – Eckhart Tolle

#8 “You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” – Wayne Dyer

#9 “The first step to confidence is courage.” – Sandy Woznicki

#10 “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

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