Quotessence
Home / Topics / Nervous Quotes

Nervous Quotes

Browse 1500 quotes about Nervous.

Related topics

PeopleIfsThinkingNervous SystemKnowsFeelsLittlesWantWayKindI CanBreakdownFirstsNervous BreakdownTryingMenWellsMadePlayWorldSaidStillsMeanLooksBrainPersonsNeedsShowsStageYearsMindRealEnergyWritingFeelingsShouldSometimesBigsHas BeensBitsGivingHumansTwoHardGuyTalkingActorsFilmFrontsGamesRememberScaredUsedWantedEyeLongAnxietyDifferentSceneWholeWould BeFeltMayMomentsRunningCentral Nervous SystemFunMightNervesRoomsAudienceDoneEnoughHeartReasonSeemsAbleAnxiousAuditionsCertainJobsSchoolStatesShySportsActionAgeBookCharacterCountryGet RealGirlHomeImportantProblemWorryActingArtistHandsHoursmore

Nervous Quotes

“I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotion—the average time it takes for it to move through the nervous system and body—is only a minute and a half. After that we need thoughts to keep the emotion rolling. So if we wonder why we lock into painful emotional states like anxiety, depression, or rage, we need look no further than our own endless stream of inner dialogue.”

IfsNeedsLooksBookStatesBodyMovingNaturalEmotionBrainHalfWonderMinutesEmotionalAnxietyScientistAveragePainfulInsightRageEndlessDialogueNervousStreamsLocksRollingStrokesNervous SystemLife SpanNatural LifeAnxiety Depression
Author:Tara Brach
Create image

“Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.”

IfsMenChildrenIdeasWould BeBedLowsLogicPressurePhonesDareNervousSuitsUpsetBehaveFrightenedSense Of HumorMikeBreakdownThighsDumpPowderStoopsNervous BreakdownOverloadedSlappers
Book:Moon Is Harsh Mistres
Create image

“Lately I've been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I want to love, and what I need to learn to love that way, and how I need to become to become the kind of love I want to be. And when I break it all down, when I whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: before I die, I want to be somebody's favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.”

ThinkingWayWantNeedsKindCertainDiesPrayerSecretBreakSolitudeSafeBreathsNervousHidingKinds Of LoveHiding PlaceBefore I Die
Author:Andrea Gibson
Create image

“Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous.”

ThinkingBedDearNervousRisingEarly Life
Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works
Create image

“Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the futility of death, the necessity and purpose of serenity and devotion. He lived serenely, as an artist greater than all other artists, scorning marble and clay and paint, working in the living flesh. In other words, this peerless artist, scarcely conceivable with the blunt instrument of our modern, nervous and obtuse brains, made neither statues nor paintings nor books. He maintained in no uncertain terms that he made ... living men, immortals.”

MenMadeImportantBookPurposeArtistTermChristBrainGreaterModernPaintingEternalInstrumentsPaintPhilosopherFleshDevotionNervousCertaintyEtcInfinitySerenityUncertainMagicianClayStatuesEternal LifeMarbleFutilityBluntChrist Alone
Author:Vincent Van Gogh
Create image

“Eventually she came. She appeared suddenly, exactly like she'd done that day- she stepped into the sunshine, she jumped, she laughed and threw her head back, so her long ponytail nearly grazed the waistband of her jeans. After that, I couldn't think about anything else. The mole on the inside of her right elbow, like a dark blot of ink. The way she ripped her nails to shreds when she was nervous. Her eyes, deep as a promise. Her stomach, pale and soft and gorgeous, and the tiny dark cavity of her belly button. I nearly went crazy.”

ThinkingWayLongDoneEyeDarkCrazyPromiseTinyNervousSunshineStomachLaughedPaleButtonsNailsHer EyesJeansBellyInkGorgeousRippedElbowsMolesPonytailsBelly Buttons
Author:Lauren Oliver
Create image

“Everything all right, Gwyneth?” asked Gideon, raising one eyebrow. “You look nervous. Would you like a cigarette to calm your nerves? What was your favorite brand, did you say? Marlboros?” I could only stare at him speechlessly. “Leave her alone,” said Xemerius. “Can’t you see she’s unhappy in love, bonehead? All because of you! What are you doing here, anyway?”

LooksSaidCalmUnhappyNervousBrandsStaringNervesCigaretteEyebrowsYour FavoriteGideonBecause Of You
Book:Sapphire Blue
Create image

“There was something about the music on that tape. It felt different. Like, it set her lungs and her stomach on edge. There was something exciting about it, and something nervous. It made Eleanor feel like everything, like the world, wasn't what she'd thought it was. And that was a good thing. That was the greatest thing.”

WorldFeelsMadeDifferentFeltExcitingGood ThingsEdgesNervousStomachTapeLungsEleanor
Book:The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On
Create image

“I was overwhelmed. He understood me so well, how nervous I was about making this commitment, how frightening it was for me to become a princess. He was going to give me every last second he could and, in the meantime, lavish me with everything possible. I had another one of those moments when I couldn't believe this was all happening. "That's not fair, Maxon," I mumbled. "What in the world am I supposed to be able to give you?" He smiled. "All I want is your promise to stay with me, to be mine. Sometimes it feels like you can't possibly be real. Promise me you'll stay." "Of course, I promise.”

WorldWantGivingFeelsBelieveWellsRealSometimesMomentsAbleLastsCoursesMinesLike YouPromiseHappeningsUnderstoodCommitmentFairsGive MeNervousSupposed To BeBeing RealPrincessFrighteningOverwhelmedI PromiseNot FairStay With MePromise Me
Author:Kiera Cass
Create image

“Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.”

InspirationalUseMotivationalAttitudeAchieveQuietConversationSpeechReactionsNervousPeacefulUpsetToneSerenityHigh Strung
Book:Norman Vincent Peale: The Power of Positive Thinking; The Positive Principle Today; Enthusiasm Makes the Differences
Create image

“As scientists you must keep your minds open. There is no use having blind faith in Me, in Sahaja Yoga, in anything because blindness will never give you reality. But you should be open like scientists are and whatever hypothesis I am putting before you, you have to feel it on your central nervous system.”

LoveGivingFeelsShouldMindUseWisdomRealitySpiritMeditationYogaScientistBlindNervousWellnessBlindnessHypothesisNervous SystemBlind FaithSahaja YogaCentral Nervous System
Author:Nirmala Srivastava
Create image

“One has to know what is the ultimate goal of our life. The ultimate goal of our evolution is to become the Spirit, which is the reflection of God Almighty in our heart. That is self identity and also self knowledge. Also, one becomes one with the all-pervading Divine power of love. Our awareness is enlightened by the Spirit and Divine vibrations start flowing through our central nervous system enlightening our being.”

KnowsLoveHeartSelfWisdomSpiritGoalOur LivesMeditationAwarenessIdentityDivineEvolutionReflectionYogaUltimateNervousWellnessEnlightenedAlmightySelf KnowledgeVibrationsEnlighteningPower Of LoveNervous SystemUltimate GoalDivine PowerSelf IdentityCentral Nervous System
Author:Nirmala Srivastava
Create image

“What we have to understand that we have to believe into things which can be proved. Now the time has come that Divine itself has to be proved. That God Almighty has to be proved. That Christ as a son of God has to be proved, that His birth as immaculate conception has to be proved. Not by argument, not by reasoning, nor by blind faith but by actualization on your central nervous system.”

LoveBelieveWisdomSpiritChristMeditationDivineSonBirthYogaArgumentBlindNervousReasoningWellnessConceptionAlmightyNervous SystemBlind FaithImmaculateActualizationCentral Nervous SystemImmaculate Conception
Author:Nirmala Srivastava
Create image

“It is only the Sahasrara has to grow, not the Spirit. The more sensitive the Sahasrara is, the more it receives the spiritual qualities of the Spirit. Actually the peace is felt in the Sahasrara. The bliss is also felt in the Sahasrara because that is the brain and the brain is the epitome of our nervous system, central nervous system, of consciousness itself.”

LoveWisdomSpiritualSpiritGrowsFeltBrainConsciousnessQualityMeditationYogaNervousSensitiveBlissWellnessNervous SystemEpitomeCentral Nervous System
Author:Nirmala Srivastava
Create image

“Now the truth is that the Spirit is within you and you are the Spirit. You are the beauty, the bliss and the joy of that Spirit. That's what you are . Because your attention is not there, that's why you cannot feel your Spirit. But your Spirit exists; it is within you, in your heart, waiting for a moment to come into your conscious mind, to be felt by you in your central nervous system. It's all there, built within you.”

LoveFeelsMindHeartMomentsWisdomJoySpiritFeltWaitingAttentionMeditationTruth IsConsciousYogaBuiltNervousBlissWellnessWithin YouNervous SystemConscious MindCentral Nervous System
Author:Nirmala Srivastava
Create image

“I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us.”

PeopleGivingGamesSportsLossDoorsBlessingBaseballGreat ThingsNervousStoicismOxygenSoftballBaseball GamesGreat BaseballMotivational BaseballSpring TrainingOpening DayBaseball Opening DayAmerican Baseball
Author:Walt Whitman
Create image

“In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made nervous by the new - to want what we can never have, to want things not to be rearranged. It would be better to be able to take the leap, which is to be able not only to live with change and newness, but even to help make it.”

WorldWantMadeFactsHelpingSeemsWould BeAbleDangerousHappeningsNervousGiantsLeapCarpe DiemCarpeNewnessMultiplying
Author:Corita Kent
Create image

“(On winning the 800 meters in front of the home fans) I was really excited to come back here. Of course you are always a little nervous because you never know how the race is going to unfold, plus it is the first one of the season as well. I was really excited to come out and perform today. I give special thanks to Mario Sategna and The University of Texas for all of their support.”

KnowsGivingFirstsWellsLittlesHomeTodayCoursesWinningRaceSupportKnow HowFansSpecialFrontsSeasonsUniversityAthleteExcitedNervousThanksPlusTexasMeterMarioUniversity Of Texas
Author:Leonel Manzano
Create image

“The doctrine of evolution implies the passage from the most organised to the least organised, or, in other terms, from the most general to the most special. Roughly, we say that there is a gradual 'adding on' of the more and more special, a continual adding on of new organisations. But this 'adding on' is at the same time a 'keeping down'. The higher nervous arrangements evolved out of the lower keep down those lower, just as a government evolved out of a nation controls as well as directs that nation.”

WellsGovernmentScienceNationsTermSpecialEvolutionHigherDoctrineNervousPassagesArrangementsOrganisationOrganised
Book:Selected Writings of John Hughlings Jackson: Evaluation and dissolution of the nervous system. Speech. Various papers, addresses and lectures
Create image

“Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a 'real' experience. In either case, it reacts automatically to information which you give to it from your forebrain. Your nervous system reacts appropriately to what you THINK or IMAGINE to be 'true.”

ThinkingLifeGivingRealMotivationalDifferencesCasesImagineInformationBeing TrueNervousNervous System
Book:Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life
Create image