Overthinking Quotes

Overthinking is parasitic. It’s viral. It’s deadly, even. Letting yourself fall victim to overthinking doesn’t just kill your happiness, it destroys who you are. The mind is a beautiful and complex thing, and the only person who can hurt it is yourself.

~ Genereux Philip

so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.

~ Patrick Rothfuss

Overthinking, also, best known as creating problems that are never there

~ David Sikhosana

This time, something different happens, though. It’s the daydreaming that does it. I’m doing the usualthing—imagining in tiny detail the entire course of the relationship, from first kiss, to bed, to moving intogether, to getting married (in the past I have even organized the track listing of the party tapes), to howpretty she’ll look when she’s pregnant, to names of children—until suddenly I realize that there’snothing left to actually, like, happen. I’ve done it all, lived through the whole relationship in my head.I’ve watched the film on fast-forward; I know the whole plot, the ending, all the good bit. Now I’ve gotto rewind and watch it all over again in real time, and where’s the fun in that?And fucking … when’s it all going to fucking stop? I’m going to jump from rock to rock for the rest ofmy life until there aren’t any rocks left? I’m going to run each time I get itchy feet? Because I get themabout once a quarter, along with the utilities bills. More than that, even, during British Summer Time.I’ve been thinking with my guts since I was fourteen years old, and frankly speaking, between you andme, I have come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.

~ Nick Hornby

Stop overthinking. You can do it.

~ Avina Celeste

True saddness is when someone still thinks your the same person after all these years. They brand you because of their own ego, fear and lack of spirituality. What's sadder is when they are Christian.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I want to reply with a long message, but if it's too long, that might be kind of revolting. But if it's too short, then I might come off as cold instead. Feeling apprehensive of what to do, I decided to reply back with a similar word count instead. This was what they called mirroring in psychology. By emulating the actions of the other party, your affection levels would increase!

~ Hachiman Hikigaya

The more you overthink the less you will understand.

~ Habeeb Akande

Be careful not to appear obsessively intellectual. When intelligence fills up, it overflows a parody.

~ Criss Jami

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

Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, What else could this mean?

~ Shannon L. Alder

I run until time stops. Until my mind stops.

~ Jennifer Niven

When thinking is overrated And friends are easy to make, Check if it's too complicated Knowing yourself somehow... Inner peace's not hard to take, Never lost or underestimated. Get out of social media... NOW!

~ Ana Claudia Antunes

They say, Look before you leap. So look. But do not look for too long. Do not look into the void of uncertainty trying to predict each and every possible outcome, to evaluate every possible mistake, to prevent each possible failure. Look for the opportunity to leap, and leap faster than your fear can grab you. Leap before you talk yourself out of it, before you convince yourself to set up a temporary camp that turns into a permanent delay on your journey into your own heart.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Less thinking, more living.

~ S.r. Crawford

Dont gaze too hard at your belly button Or you will unexpectedly hit rock bottom!

~ Ana Claudia Antunes

Some thoughts should never be conceived. Some questions should never be asked, because they have no answer, and the questions themselves serve only to haunt with grinding guilt and second guessing.

~ Bobby Adair

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Not enough people realize that ADHD is not a disorder about loss of focus. It is a disorder of loss of emotional control, which is triggered by outside influences, self-esteem and our interpretation of events. Whether this is positive or negative it triggers us to hyper focus on what consumes our thoughts. Staying positive is critical and distancing oneself from hurtful people is essential, in order to live a life with purpose.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Winning and losing is not an external game. It is an internal battle over telling yourself the truth vs. lies regarding why you haven’t stepped into the life you dreamed of.

~ Shannon L. Alder

If you're stressing over happiness, you're doing it wrong!

~ Shannon L. Alder

Over-thinking, a devouring monster,entice, only the inky reflections;there's a pleasure you come by,from this anomalous encounter;kills your desire, for human affection.

~ Kashish Gurung

She took time to think on things, but time had already moved on without her.

~ Sdparsons//Ig Poet

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

~ Christina Baker Kline

Your addiction to thinking will come back to haunt you.

~ Sōseki Natsume

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

I can’t help but think,’ Park would say during taekwando. ‘I can’t turn off my brain.

~ Rainbow Rowell

Thinking too much just brings it back to me, me, me—but thanking takes my eyes off myself and my mistakes and puts them on others, on things bigger than myself. I can’t stand here very long without being humbled at how small I am and amazed at how big and beautiful our world is.

~ Elizabeth Musser

When there are no expectations affecting a choice, it should be taken immediately. Overthinking such a choice will only lead to headaches and missed opportunities. Moreover, when this choice is taken, all alternatives should be eliminated immediately to avoid the pitfalls of groundless regrets.

~ Charbel Tadros

Stop over-thinking, put more energy on what you really want to do.

~ Amit Ray

I understand that your brain is large and perpetually at war with itself

~ Chris Cleave

The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.

~ Shannon L. Alder

We were made to be distracted by life, by story.

~ Donald Miller

By morning I was worn out. My limbs felt heavy as wood, my head cottony. I might've felt better if I hadn't slept at all.

~ Ransom Riggs

Every puff was like sucking in the abyss, yet he inhaled until his lungs filled with toxic smoke that clouded his thoughts of her.

~ Ahmed Mostafa

It’s a great lesson about not being too precious about your writing. You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go. You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it…You have to let people see what you wrote.

~ Tina Fey

To think too much is a disease.

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

~ Bethany Brookbank

The world is full of people who will help you manufacture tornados in order to blow out a match.

~ Shaun Hick

This is probably the advantage of being stupid. Stupid people just do. We tend to overthink. If we could eliminate the “over” and just think, then we could do, too. Only we’d be smarter doers because we’d be thinkers.

~ Sarah Strohmeyer