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Poor Carl's Almanac
This month: Anxiety
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Few things cause more anxiety than the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
— HOWARD W. NEWTON
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One way to soften one's own anxieties is to solace those of others.
— MARQUISE DE MAINTENON
If your conscience is clear, you'll have little to fear, when it's time to rest at night. What strength it can give, when striving to live, according to what is right.
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— POOR CARL
Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power.
— TYRON EDWARDS
We must be careful not to let our thankfulness for what we have to be soured by our anxiety about what we do not have.
— UNKNOWN
Who of you can add one moment to your life's course by worrying?
— LUKE 12:25
Be of good courage and say, "God is my helper. I will not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?"
— HEBREWS 13:6
Anxiety is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
— GEORGE SEWELL
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