Quote of the Day

September 26, 2006 by Marc Lamont Hill

“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” – Mark Twain

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5 Comments

1. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

I love this quote. It means that most of the things that trouble us, worry us, or haunt us are things that never even come into existence. In other words, we spend most of our time worrying about things that neven happen. It’s a reminder to stop worrying about things.

September 26, 2006 @ 1:48 pm

2. ting wrote:

Whenever I find that something is troubling me, I delete that person out of my phone book or block them on im. Works for me everytime!

September 26, 2006 @ 4:28 pm

3. Uhura wrote:

Great quote!

We need to expend less energy worrying because most of the things we worry about are 1) inevitable or 2) never come to fruition anyhow…

September 26, 2006 @ 9:36 pm

4. omodiende wrote:

I thought it was a plea for Altzheimer’s research

September 27, 2006 @ 1:58 am

5. here4ever wrote:

the only thing to fear is fear itself

September 27, 2006 @ 10:25 am

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