Panic Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old panic quotes, panic sayings, and panic proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Laurence Peter
The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Thich Nhat Hanh
Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply. Thich Nhat Hanh
We are afraid of things outside outside of ourselves that we cannot control. We worry about becoming ill, aging, and losing the things we treasure most. But holding tightly doesn't ease our fear. Thich Nhat Hanh
If we bury worries and anxieties in our consciousness, they continue to affect us and bring us more sorrow. Thich Nhat Hanh
We have the power to look deeply at our fears, and them fear cannot control u. We can transform our fear. Thich Nhat Hanh
Anxiety is the wound of our times. Sheryl Paul
Anxiety, when approached from the mindset of learning, directs you to something deep inside that needs to be seen, a call from soul to pay attention, an invitation from the wellsprings of being to turn inward and heal at the next layer of growth. Sheryl Paul
Anxiety's emissaries arrive in many forms: worry, intrusive thoughts, obsessions, compulsions, insomnia, somatic symptoms. If we greet these emissaries with shame and try to sequester them into the far down, hidden recesses of psyche, they will gather in in numbers and strength until we are forced to listen. Sheryl Paul
Seeing anxiety and intrusive thoughts thoughts as wise manifestations of the unconscious is a vastly different view--and a much more hopeful and life enhancing view --of anxiety than one our culture holds. Sheryl Paul
Anxiety is a doorway into a self that longs for wholeness. Sheryl Paul
A paranoid individual's characteristic problems with appearance, speech, thought, behavior, mood, insight, judgement, and intelligence when taken together trace recognizable pattern called the mental status. Martin Kantor
In some paranoid individuals the signs of change in appearance that occur are subtle. Martin Kantor
In some paranoid individuals the changes in appearance resemble those found in individuals who are depressed. Martin Kantor
Depressed paranoid individuals may use what they believe to be positive changes in their appearance to compensate for feeling defective. Martin Kantor
Paranoid individuals like individuals who are depressed feel pessimistic due to the belief that they will never have any sort of life. Martin Kantor
We truly live in anxious times. We're reacting instead of acting, leading and calming down. Kathleen Smith
When we feel threatened, we must respond to the threat. This is the simplest and best definition of anxiety: anxiety is your response to a real or imagined threat. Kathleen Smith
Our anxiety serves serves a very important purpose, because the central goal of being a human is simple: to not die for as long as you can. Kathleen Smith
Anxiety is a meteor shower of what-ifs. Max Lucado
Fear results in fight or flight. Anxiety creates doom and gloom. Max Lucado
Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one. Max Lucado
The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. Max Lucado
Anxiety is not a sin; it is an emotion. Anxiety can, however, lead to sinful behavior. Max Lucado
Most people are anxious to do a favor for those who don't need it. Evan Esar