Ashley’s Reviews > How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry > Status Update

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

“At first tire manufacturers tried to make a tire that would resist the shocks of the road. It was soon cut to ribbons. Then they made a tire that would absorb the shocks of the road. That tire could take it. You and I will last longer, and enjoy smoother riding, if we learn to absorb the shocks and jolts along the rocky road of life.”

“Bend like the willow, don’t resist like the oak.”

“Hide your private sorrows under a smile and carry on. It is done. You can’t change it.”

“I must lose myself in action lest I wither in despair.”

“It is the failure to arrive at a fixed purpose, the inability to stop going round and round in maddening circles that drives [people] to nervous breakdowns. 50% of my worries vanishes when I arrive in a clear, definite decision and another 40% vanishes when I begin to carry out that decision.”

“This day will never dawn again.”

“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.”

“Life is in the living”