The largest part of what we call personality is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.

Alain de Botton

Similar quotes

Anxiety is the human condition. It's probably the single most pervasive emotion.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Katherine Paterson

Fear is when I have caution over a real and present danger. Anxiety is when I have caution over a future imagined danger.

To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self… And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self.

Soren Kierkegaard

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Saint Francis de Sales

Mantendré la calma en momentos de estrés y ansiedad, para permitir que se manifiesten de mis pensamientos y acciones positivas.

;