#anxiety

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#anxiety #beneath #constantly #english #englishman

There is anxiety, but it comes after you've finished filming because it's out of your hands; people are editing it, they're cutting it, marketing it. And it's... part your career sort of rides on that. But when you're actually filming it's a team thing and it really feels good there for me. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#after #anxiety #because #career #comes

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

— Charles Spurgeon

#anxiety #does #empties #empty #only

Carry the confidence. ↗

— Diane Chamberlain

#confidence #therapy #life

Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#enjoyment #gloom #life #life

Avoiding life, avoiding making any concrete plans for your life--that's just one way you're pretending you can keep bad things from happening to you again. ↗

— Susan Vaught

#avoiding #fear #life #life

When your past shows up to haunt you, make sure it comes after supper so it doesn't ruin your whole day. ↗

— Jay Wickre

#dark-humor #depression #humor #reality #humor

Anxiety is the cry for oneself to regain inner peace ↗

— Bridget Jane Cassidy

#hope #inner-peace #love #peace #love

I've spent most of my life and most of my friendships holding my breath and hoping that when people get close enough they won't leave, and fearing that it's a matter of time before they figure me out and go. ↗

— Shauna Niequist

#friendships #social-anxiety #change

I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant; I was too much excited. A phase of my life was closing tonight, a new one opening tomorrow: impossible to slumber in the interval; I must watch feverishly while the change was being accomplished. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#excitement #nerves #change