200 Overthinking Quotes to Slow Down and Relax Your Mind

The destructive habit of overthinking is one of the most common things that keeps people stuck in inaction and from doing what they want to do. These overthinking quotes help you to get out of your head, and stop worrying once and for all.

Overthinking Quotes

1. “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius.

2. “Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

3. “If you want power, control the narrative in other people’s head. If you seek happiness, control the narrative in your own head.” – Johnny Uzan.

4. “Step outside for a while – calm your mind. It is better to hug a tree than to bang your head against a wall continually.” – Rasheed Ogunlaru

5. “Life is God’s novel. Let him write it.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer

6. “Keep your ears open and listen to the whispers of the universe, it will direct you towards the right direction.” – Hina Hashmi

7. “Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchil

8. “Clinging to old ways and fighting change is not the answer.” -Michael Rapino

9. “To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all else will come.” – Arthur Conan Doyle

10. “Overthinking uses energy and leads to activity with no action. That is one particular problem many will face. Questology is the answer to cure this cancer.” – Thomas Vato

11. “It has been well said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” – Charles Spurgeon

12. “The world is full of people who will help you manufacture tornados in order to blow out a match.” – Shaun Hick

13. “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” – Kahlil Gibran

14. “Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind.” – Sri Ravi Shankar

15. “Overthinking will not empower you over things that are beyond your control. So, let it be if it is meant to be and cherish the moment.” – Mahsati A.

16. “If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.” – Dalai Lama

17. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee

18. “What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith

19. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” –  William James

20. “He never complicates a desire by overthinking it, unlike Mirabelle, who spins a cocoon around an idea until it is immobile.” – Steve Martin

21. “I have to remind myself, stop thinking about the future. Stop thinking about what happened at work today, or another choice you could have made.” – Anna Gunn

23. “The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences people even at a distance, because mind is one as well as many. The universe is a cobweb; minds are spiders.” – Swami Vivekananda

24. “Don’t keep things bottled up. It’s not good for you.” – Kody Keplinger

25. “The closer one comes to truth, the further one gets from mind.” – James Pierce

 26. “Overthinking is a dream-killer. Sometimes you can drown yourself in your own thoughts.” – Steve Maraboli

27. “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” – Epictetus.

28. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain

29. “A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.” – Pauline Kael

30. “Worry is the triumph of fear.” – Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

31. “Thinking too deeply will only drown me.” – Greta Farrel

32. “No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.” – Alan Watts.

33. “Try not to give the driving seat of your mind to anyone. People are happy to drive you to regrets.” – Vineet Raj Kapoor

34. “Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.” – William R. Inge

35. “Trust the still, small voice that says, “this might work and I’ll try it.” – Diane Mariechild

36. “Life stops when one stops dreaming for better because of overwhelming pressure of fear that arises from his overthinking..” – Srinivas Mishra

Stop Overthinking Quotes

37. “Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin

38. “Soon you will be dead and none of it will matter” – Marcus Aurelius

39. “If you get stuck, draw with a different pen. Change your tools; it may free your thinking.” – Paul Arden

40. “Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs.

Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.” – Steven Pressfield

41. “To think too much is a disease.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

42. “Don’t get too deep, it leads to over thinking, and over thinking leads to problems that doesn’t even exist in the first place.” – Jayson Engay

 43. “Your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon Jinn

44. “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Mark Twain

45. “Stop overthinking everything. Just let it be. Relax and go with the flow more. Worry less. And don’t take life so seriously… live a little!” – Mandy Hale

46. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

47. “The more I think about it, the more I realize that overthinking isn’t the real problem. The real problem is that we don’t trust.” – L.J. Vanier

48. “Overthinking is parasitic. It’s viral. It’s deadly, even.” – Genereux Philip

49. “Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.” – Bernie Siegel

50. “I’m not thinking about anything when I’m climbing, which is part of the appeal. I’m focused on executing what’s in front of me.” – Alex Honnold

51. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

52. “In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

53. “Overthinking is often a product of underdoing.” – Yehuda Berg

54. “You only have control over three things in your life, the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take.” – Jack Canfield

55. “If my mind is busy thinking about things like how someone hurt or upset me and how I can protect myself or get back at them, I’m too busy in my head to enjoy the present moment.” – Ankush Jain

56. “A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety.” – Bertrand Russell

57. “Majority of people who are easily stressed are the ones who think too much about the problems instead of solutions. Always focus on solutions.” – Subodh Gupt

58. “Put your thoughts to sleep. Do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.” – Rumi

59. “Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.” – Buddha

60. “Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.” – W. Clement Stone

61. “Remember, the talking about the thing isn’t the thing. Doing the thing is the thing.” – Amy Poehler

62. “Worrying about how things might go wrong, doesn’t help things to go right.” – Karen Salmansohn

63. “You know, it is a little known fact that thinking is entirely overrated. The world would be a much better place if we all did a lot less of it.” – Laurie Viera Rigler

64. When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill

65. “I have realized sometimes I do better working under a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.” – Torrey DeVitto

66. “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” – Lao Tzu

67. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr

68. “Overthinking, also best known as creating problems that are never there.” – David Sikhosana

69. “If you want to conquer overthinking, bring your mind to the present moment and reconnect it with the immediate world.” – Amit Ray

Funny Overthinking Quotes

70. “My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.” – Sylvia Plath

71. “Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace.” – Randy Armstrong

72. “The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.” – Shannon L. Alder

73. “If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.”– Dean Smith

74. “My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.” – Scott Eastwood

75. “Only about two percent of one percent of our thoughts deserve to be taken seriously.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

76. “The more you overthink the less you will understand.” – Habeeb Akande

77. “I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” – Jonathan Safran Foer.

78. “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare

79. “Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

80. “The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.” – Bethany Brookbank

81. “Stop worrying about what tomorrow may bring. Focus on what you can control. Stay positive. Enjoy today. Expect good things to come.” – Karen Salmansohn

82. ”Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.” – Brian Tracy

83. “Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” – Van Wilder

84. “While you were overthinking, you missed everything worth feeling.” – Nitya Prakash

85. “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

86. “Overthinking ruins you. It ruins the situation. And it twists things around. It makes you worry. Plus it just makes everything worst than it actually is.” – Karen Salmanso

87. “I get anxious about everything. I just can’t stop thinking about things all the time. And here’s the really destructive part — it’s always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done.” – Hugh Laurie

88. “We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap.” – Anthony Hopkins

89. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

90. “The more you overthink the less you will understand.” – Habeeb Akande

91. “It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.” – Paulo Coelho

 92. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

93. “In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

94. “You only have control over three things in your life, the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take.” – Jack Canfield

95. “Remember, the talking about the thing isn’t the thing. Doing the thing is the thing.” – Amy Poehler

96. “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” – Erma Bombeck

97. “Trust the still, small voice that says, “this might work and I’ll try it.” – Diane Mariechild

98. “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein

99. “If you’re stressing over happiness, you’re doing it wrong!” — Shannon L. Alder

100. “Don’t think. It complicates things. Just feel, and if it feels like home then follow its path.” — R.M. Drake

101. “Over thinking ruins moods and kills good vibes.” — Supa Nova Slom

102. “Sometimes you’re overthinking, you convince yourself to get out of it and you’re like, ‘Ah I shoulda did that!’ You can’t live life with regrets.” — Michael B. Jordan

103. “Don’t overthink things. Sometimes you can convince your head not to listen to your heart. Those are the decisions you regret for the rest of your life.” — Leah Braemel.

104. “I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.” — J. Courtney Sullivan

Sad Overthinking Quotes

105. “Everything is too easy. If you want to record a song, you can buy Pro Tools and record four hundred guitar tracks. That leads to overthinking, which kills any spontaneity and the humanity of the performance.” — Jack White

106. “The main things to rebel against – overproduction, too much technology, overthinking.” — Jack White

107. “I have found that sometimes I do better working on a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.” — Torrey DeVitto

108. “Worrying how things go wrong doesn’t help things go right.” — Karen Salmansohn

109. “If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.” — Dale Carnegie

110. “You can’t change who you are, but you can change what you have in your head, you can refresh what you’re thinking about, you can put some fresh air in your brain.” — Ernesto Bertarelli

111. “Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.” — Brian Tracy.

112. “It’s always the mind that needs quieting and the heart that needs listening to.” — Rasheed Ogunlaru

113. “The nearer a man comes to a calm mind the closer he is to strength.” — Marcus Aurelius.

114. “Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.” — Brian Tracy

115. “Your overthinking voice out of your head sounds like a strict adult who always counts your problems and points out your mistakes, but doesn’t ever help you with solutions.” — Anon

116. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

117. “If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” — Dean Smith

118. “The more I think about it, the more I realize that overthinking isn’t the real problem. The real problem is that we don’t trust.” — L.J. Vanier

119. “My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.” — Sylvia Plath

120. “The more you overthink, the more your comfort zone becomes a forest of negative thoughts.” — Unknown

121. “Overthinking, also, best known for creating problems that are never there.” — David Sikhosana

122. “Don’t get too deep, it leads to overthinking, and overthinking leads to problems that don’t even exist in the first place.” — Jayson Engay

123. “Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.” — Leo Buscaglia

124. “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” — Winston Churchill

125. “Because remember, talking about the thing isn’t the thing. Doing the thing is the thing.” — Amy Poehler

126. “An overthinking mind drags you on and around the same jagged patch of your negative past.” — HIP

127. “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” — Steve Jobs

128. “When the cycle of your thoughts pedal up and down the same stretch of highway without stopping or exiting, then you’re overthinking.” — Sandip Roy

129. “Thinking is good. Overthinking is not. Stop overthinking; life is too short to waste on that.” — Anon

130. “Don’t ruin a new day thinking about yesterday. Yesterday has gone; why drag it back by overthinking?” — Anon

131. “Overthinking is one of the biggest causes of unhappiness. It mostly creates problems that do not exist.” — Anon

132. “When you overthink, you recycle sad scenes from your past and re-live the sadness of those moments again and again.” — Anon

133. “Oftentimes, overthinking can worsen the problem rather than fix it.” – Anonymous

134. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

135. “Thinking too much is a way to let life pass by.” Anonymous

136. “Don’t get too deep, it leads to over thinking, and over thinking leads to problems that doesn’t even exist in the first place.” – Jayson Engay

137. “Overthinking, also best known as creating problems that are never there.” – David Sikhosana

138. “Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.” – Leo Buscaglia

139. “If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” – Dean Smith

Overthinking Quotes about Love

140. “Only about two percent of one percent of our thoughts deserve to be taken seriously.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

141. “Never let your thoughts fool you.” – Anonymous

142. “Put your thoughts to sleep. Do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.” – Rumi

143. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

144. “Thinking too much isn’t something to be proud of.” – Anonymous

145. “Stop thinking and start doing.” – Anonymous

146. “Worrying about how things might go wrong, doesn’t help things to go right.” – Karen Salmansohn

147. “Overthinking is a complete waste of time. Stop it.” – Anonymous

148. “Stop letting your thoughts dictate your entire life.” – Anonymous

149. “The more I think about it, the more I realize that overthinking isn’t the real problem. The real problem is that we don’t trust.” – L.J. Vanier

150. “I think and think and think, I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” – Jonathan Safran Foer

151. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

152.“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein

153. “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” – Erma Bombeck

154. “You will never accomplish anything with overthinking.” – Anonymous

155. “Nothing happens by overthinking; then why stress? Is it too hard to sit down and relax?” – Sukant Ratnakar

156. “Overthinking will only lead you to disappointment.” – Anonymous

157. “Remember, the talking about the thing isn’t the thing. Doing the thing is the thing.” – Amy Poehler

158. “Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” – Van Wilder

159. “Overthinking is already a bad choice itself.” – Anonymous

160. “Imagine what you can accomplish when you stop overthinking.” – Anonymous

161. “The more you overthink the less you will understand.” – Habeeb Akande

162. “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” – George Bernard Shaw

163. “A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety.” – Bertrand Russell

164. “You won’t be able to grow when you let your thoughts control you.”  – Anonymous

165. “Like what Nike said, ‘Just Do It’.” Anonymous

166. “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

167. “Overthinking will take up too much of your time; thus, making it a waste of time.” – Anonymous

168. “Imagine this, others are out there doing and growing, while you’re just sitting there and thinking.” – Anonymous

169. “Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.” – Buddha

170. “It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.” – Paulo Coelho

171. “The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.” – Shannon L. Alder

172. “Overthinking is not the way to grow your brain muscles.” – Anonymous

173. “When you overthink, don’t you wish you were just a cow in a farm eating grass? Because that would be better.” – Anonymous

174. “If you’re stressing over happiness, you’re doing it wrong!” – Shannon L. Alder

175. “Overthinking ruins you. It ruins the situation. And it twists things around. It makes you worry. Plus it just makes everything worse than it actually is.” – Karen Salmansohn

176. “Overthinking is a horrible cycle.” – Anonymous

177. “Don’t think. It complicates things. Just feel, and if it feels like home then follow its path.” – R.M. Drake

178. “Overthinking is one way to have a regretful life.” – Anonymous

179. “When you think too much, you’re not solving problems, you’re just adding more.” – Anonymous

Overthinking Slogans

180. “Over thinking ruins moods and kills good vibes.” – Supa Nova Slom

181. “Turns out, too much thinking does more harm than good.” – Anonymous

182. “Sometimes you’re overthinking, you convince yourself to get out of it and you’re like, ‘Ah I shoulda did that!’ You can’t live life with regrets.” – Michael B. Jordan

183. “Don’t overthink, just do it.” – Shia LaBeouf

184. “Overthinking just takes the life out of you.” – Anonymous

185. “If you let your worries take over, don’t expect happiness to come anytime soon.” – Anonymous

186. “Overthinking can lead to worrying which leads to anxiety. Anxiety can at times be crippling, leaving people frozen and unable to act.” – Brien Blatt

187. “Overthinking can be the only thing keeping you from discovering your potential.” – Anonymous

188. “My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.” – Sylvia Plath

189. “Majority of people who are easily stressed are the ones who think too much about the problems instead of solutions. Always focus on solutions.” – Subodh Gupt

190. “Worrying about how things might go wrong, doesn’t help things to go right.” – Karen Salmansohn

191. “When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.” – Winston Churchill

192. “Overthinking is parasitic. It’s viral. It’s deadly, even.” – Genereux Philip

193. “Overthinking is often a product of underdoing.” – Yehuda Berg

194. “Life stops when one stops dreaming for better because of overwhelming pressure of fear that arises from his overthinking..” – Srinivas Mishra

195. “If you’re just overthinking all the time, you’re not really living.” – Anonymous

196. “We can’t blame those that overthink a lot because they grew up in an environment that didn’t give them enough reassurance. And, that’s just sad.” – Anonymous

197. “Soon you will be dead and none of it will matter.” – Marcus Aurelius

198. “Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life… Do good if you can; but, at any rate, do something.” – Elizabeth Gaskell

199. “Overthinking is a dream-killer. Sometimes you can drown yourself in your own thoughts.” – Steve Maraboli

200. “Thinking too deeply will only drown me.” – Greta Farrel

CSN Team.