Let your worry loosen: you are not carrying this alone.
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Anxiety
80 quotes to read, reflect on and share
Quotes drawn from the Bhagavad Gita 80 quotes, each linked to the shloka behind it.
Find Bhagavad Gita quotes for anxiety, with teachings on letting go of outcomes and steadying the mind when worry about the future weighs on you.
All 80 quotes
Even the ocean of worry has a shore.
Let overwhelming beauty remind you how small your worries are.
Anxiety that never ends is a sign to look for deeper support.
If worry feels endless, reach out to someone you trust or a professional.
Give your anxious mind something steady to lean on.
Without support, the mind imagines the worst; find support.
‘Is it enough?’ The question itself reveals how secure we feel.
Worry over results is effort spent in the wrong place.
What time has already decided, your worry cannot undo.
Worry grows when we believe this moment is all there is.
Anxiety asks about outcomes; wisdom asks about duty.
Anxiety looks outward for its enemy.
Telling a master what he already knows is a sign of nerves.
Quiet the draughts of worry, and watch your focus glow.
Do not hide your worry about your progress; ask it aloud.
Anxiety loosens where devotion deepens.
Anxiety fades when you stop rehearsing disasters.
A list of rivals can quietly become a list of worries.
You are older than your worries.
A few minutes of inner practice can shrink a giant worry.
Work without attachment is work without anxiety.
Anxiety loves a spreadsheet of threats.
Inner unease is a message to be examined, not silenced.
Worry about gaining and keeping is the most tiring work of all.
An unsettled mind turns even good days into worry.
Ask which of your worries are perishable.
Observation is useful; panic dressed as observation is not.
A dry mouth and a racing heart are messages, not verdicts.
What worry would shrink if you looked at it across a thousand years?
What steady thing helps you when worry grows loud?
Even when you are restless, you are held.
Return to the breath whenever the mind runs ahead.
Do not carry doubt alone; share it with a wise friend.
Zoom out, and the day's troubles shrink.
Let go of the need to understand every detail.
Breathe; the shaking will pass.
A mind that trusts nothing has nowhere to rest.
Name your doubt clearly, and half of it dissolves.
Time is vaster than we imagine, and our worries are small within it.
Trust that your needs are known.
A trembling body is asking for care, not blame.
Take time seriously, not anxiously.
A mind full of tangled thoughts can trap itself.
Wisdom steadies the hand that results make tremble.
Understanding the greatness of the whole makes small troubles small.
The things you dread may be lighter than they seem.
Fear often walks to the teacher before it walks to the task.
Counting the other side’s strengths is a way of counting our own fears.
Your body speaks first when your heart is overwhelmed.
When you cannot stand, sit and breathe.
Self-doubt can hide inside boasting.
A sound can shake a heart that is not at peace.
When the body shakes, slow your breath and steady your feet.
The best answer to panic is a quiet voice.
When the noise begins, it rarely announces itself.
When the mind spins, even a familiar tool slips from the hand.
Sorrow lingers longest in a restless mind.
Chronic doubt steals both today and tomorrow.
Many of your fears are outcomes already decided by something larger.
Be satisfied with today, so tomorrow cannot hold you hostage.
Sufficiency is a feeling before it is a fact.
Confidence that must be announced is already shaking.
A mind left to brood builds its own storm.
Let go of ‘mine’ and anxious hope; keep the effort.
Surrender is the antidote to performance anxiety.
Doubt about your future is worth bringing to someone wiser.
Place yourself before the real situation, not the imagined one.
Stress shows up in the hands, the throat, the breath.
A fair question can interrupt a spiral.
Fever is what we add to work; work itself is clean.
An unclaimed result cannot haunt you.
Desire fuels effort, but also fills it with worry.
Speak for clarity, not for reassurance.
Lift the one who is nervous; they may be carrying all of us.
Possessiveness turns work into worry.
Attachment makes even good habits anxious.
Dizziness fades when you look at the still point.
Naming the people you love can restore your sense of proportion.
What do you most need to trust will be provided?
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