Anxiety can feel overwhelming, isolating, and exhausting. But you’re not alone. Many people struggle with anxious thoughts and emotions, and sometimes the right words can bring comfort, clarity, and hope.
If you’re seeking spiritual guidance, humor, or a fresh perspective, these carefully chosen quotes about anxiety will help ease your mind and remind you that peace is possible.
Let these words serve as a gentle companion through challenging moments, offering insight, inspiration, and even a little laughter when you need it most.
Let’s dive in!
Bible Quotes About Anxiety
🙏 “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you”
🙏 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God”
🙏 “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you”
🙏 “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?”
🙏 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you”
🙏 “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”
🙏 “An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up”
🙏 “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still”
🙏 “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil”
🙏 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them”
🙏 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit”
🙏 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”
🙏 “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears”
🙏 “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble”
🙏 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God”
Quotes About Anxiety and Depression
😔 “Anxiety and depression are like a war inside your mind”
😔 “Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax”
😔 “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you”
😔 “It’s okay to not be okay”
😔 “Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage do”
😔 “Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go”
😔 “Breathe. This is just a chapter, not your whole story”
😔 “You are stronger than you think”
😔 “Healing takes time, and that’s okay”
😔 “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love”
😔 “The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness”
😔 “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start”
😔 “Stars can’t shine without darkness”
😔 “You are not alone in this battle”
😔 “Recovery is not one and done. It is a lifelong journey”
Quotes About Anxiety and Overthinking
🤯 “Overthinking ruins you, ruins the situation, and twists things around”
🤯 “Stop overthinking. You can’t control everything”
🤯 “Worry is a misuse of imagination”
🤯 “Don’t believe everything you think”
🤯 “Overthinking is the art of creating problems that weren’t even there”
🤯 “Less thinking, more living”
🤯 “The more you overthink, the less you will understand”
🤯 “Get out of your head and into your life”
🤯 “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer”
🤯 “Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries”
🤯 “Overthinking steals happiness”
🤯 “Take a deep breath and let go”
🤯 “Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem”
🤯 “Free your mind and the rest will follow”
🤯 “Overthinking leads to anxiety, which leads to inaction”
Inspirational Quotes About Anxiety
🌟 “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step”
🌟 “This too shall pass”
🌟 “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength”
🌟 “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’”
🌟 “Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day”
🌟 “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today”
🌟 “Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change”
🌟 “You are capable of amazing things”
🌟 “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations”
🌟 “Believe you can and you’re halfway there”
🌟 “Small steps every day lead to big results”
🌟 “Let your faith be bigger than your fear”
🌟 “One day at a time”
🌟 “You survived 100% of your worst days”
🌟 “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think”
Quotes About Anxiety and Stress
😵 “Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there”
😵 “It’s not stress that kills us, it’s our reaction to it”
😵 “Relax. Nothing is under control”
😵 “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths”
😵 “You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside”
😵 “Don’t let your struggle become your identity”
😵 “You are not your stress”
😵 “Inhale peace, exhale stress”
😵 “Stress is the gap between our expectation and reality”
😵 “Life is tough, but so are you”
😵 “Breathe in calm, breathe out tension”
😵 “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you”
😵 “Take life one peaceful moment at a time”
😵 “Stressed spelled backwards is desserts”
😵 “Let go of what you can’t control”
Funny Quotes About Anxiety
😂 “Anxiety: because punching people is frowned upon”
😂 “I’m not anxious, I’m just extremely well prepared for every possible disaster”
😂 “My anxiety gives me anxiety”
😂 “Overthinking: the art of creating problems that weren’t even there”
😂 “I have 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made up scenarios in my head”
😂 “If anxiety burned calories, I’d be a supermodel”
😂 “Anxiety is my cardio”
😂 “Worrying works! 90% of the things I worry about never happen”
😂 “I’m in a long-term relationship with my anxiety”
😂 “Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but gets you nowhere”
😂 “I’m multitasking: I can listen, ignore and forget at the same time”
😂 “I thought I had social anxiety, but it turns out I just don’t like people”
😂 “My anxiety has anxiety”
😂 “Anxiety: making easy tasks unnecessarily complicated since forever”
😂 “I’m not late; my anxiety needed extra time to overthink everything”
Famous Quotes About Anxiety
🌍 “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood” — Marie Curie
🌍 “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
🌍 “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom” — Søren Kierkegaard
🌍 “There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea” — Bernard-Paul Heroux
🌍 “You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you” — Dan Millman
🌍 “Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength” — Charles Spurgeon
🌍 “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind” — Arthur Somers Roche
🌍 “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” — Maya Angelou
🌍 “It’s not time to worry yet” — Harper Lee
🌍 “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith” — Henry Ward Beecher
🌍 “Smile, breathe, and go slowly” — Thich Nhat Hanh
🌍 “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath” — Amit Ray
🌍 “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another” — William James
🌍 “Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose” — Eckhart Tolle
🌍 “No amount of anxiety can change the future” — Alan Watts
Short Quotes About Anxiety
⏳ “Breathe”
⏳ “Let it go”
⏳ “This too shall pass”
⏳ “Stay present”
⏳ “One step at a time”
⏳ “Keep going”
⏳ “You are enough”
⏳ “Feel it. Heal it”
⏳ “Inhale courage, exhale fear”
⏳ “Choose calm”
⏳ “Be here now”
⏳ “Stay strong”
⏳ “Let your worries go”
⏳ “I am safe”
⏳ “Peace begins with me”
Stoic Quotes About Anxiety
🧘 “You have power over your mind — not outside events” — Marcus Aurelius
🧘 “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts” — Marcus Aurelius
🧘 “He who angers you conquers you” — Epictetus
🧘 “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters” — Epictetus
🧘 “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality” — Seneca
🧘 “No man is free who is not master of himself” — Epictetus
🧘 “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage” — Seneca
🧘 “The obstacle on the path becomes the path” — Marcus Aurelius
🧘 “Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed” — Marcus Aurelius
🧘 “If it is not right, do not do it” — Marcus Aurelius
🧘 “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties” — Epictetus
🧘 “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do” — Epictetus
🧘 “The best revenge is not to be like your enemy” — Marcus Aurelius
🧘 “He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary” — Seneca
🧘 “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one” — Marcus Aurelius
Conclusion
Anxiety may visit us all, but we are not powerless. These quotes about anxiety offer wisdom, comfort, humor, and perspective to help navigate even the most overwhelming moments.
Remember, you are not alone on this journey, and peace is always within reach.
