(Last Updated On: December 7, 2022)

Our mind captures the thought which is continuously being produced and acts accordingly. But when you overdo and try to stress over some thought, here are some of the overthinking quotes that will help.

The perfect solution for overthinking is to, just “Let It Go.” One thought goes and another comes. Nothing is gonna change if you panic, better stay calm.

Overthinking quotes below have short and long quotes about the effect, process, and remedy of this issue. The calmer and more relaxed you are more confident and authoritative you feel.

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These quotes below include motivational and inspiring sayings and thoughts to help you stop overthinking.

Overthinking Quotes About Life

Here are some important life lessons for the individual who can benefit from these overthinking quotes.

1. “A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks so he becomes. Now it’s up to you to live joyous life as a rational thinker or mess up being an Overthinker.” Mahatma Gandhi

2. “As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.⁣” – Steve Maraboli

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3. “How you see the world is shaped by your life experiences, values, and assumptions. Imagining things from a different point of view can help you work through some of the noise.” – Cindy Lamothe

4. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs

5. “Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.” – John Collins

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

7. “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 

8. “When you’ve had a life of overthinking, you have the same reaction repeatedly. Shyness becomes habitual. When you’re put in an unfamiliar situation, all you want to do is retreat and hide by default. You watch but don’t participate. You listen but don’t respond. You read but rarely comment. You take a photo, but you rarely post. You write, but you rarely publish. All of this is because your overthinking mind cannot stop thinking about how you will be perceived by the outside world.” – Joel Annesley

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

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

11. “Stop, slow down, and be grateful for the memories you are making right now. Explore the different parts of your life that bring you joy. This can… lead to less rumination.” – Morgan Cutolo

Overthinking Quotes About Fear And Pain

Just like the thought of happiness, fear and pain fade away. “Change is constant.” So, why are we clinging to the thoughts of fear and pain? Overthinking quotes will help you understand the thought-play of the mind.

12. “What you fear will not go away by constantly thinking about it, it will go away when you see it for exactly what it is.” 

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13. “Overthinking makes you dwell in the past and immerse yourself in worries and fears, instead of living in the present and acting in the present.” 

14. “Always make sure your optimistic thoughts wildly outnumber your fears and regrets.”  Karen Salmansohn

15. “This is the most important dilemma an overthinker must face: is overthinking helpful right now, or just procrastination and fear and resistance.” – Sam Killerman

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

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17. “The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.” – Will Durant

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18. “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

19. “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

Mind-Related Overthinking Quotes

The mind plays a vital role in thinking, as it is always hyperactive and wants to do those things that I think I shouldn’t do. Here are some interesting overthinking quotes about the mind below.

20. “Too much information, too many times of just taking a few minutes to check your inbox, Facebook, or Twitter account, or how your blog or website is doing leads to more input and clutter in your mind as your day progresses.” – Henrik Edberg

21. “If your mind can monkey all day, think about what could happen if you channel that energy to your goals.” – Emma Xu

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22. 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

23. “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

24. “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

25. “Overthinking evaporates when you feel connected with your body, mind, breath, and the soul.” – Amit Ray

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26. “Sometimes, you overthink things so much that you ruin something before it even begins, then you beat yourself up, replaying everything to your friends and in your mind.” – Kirsten Corley

27. “You can’t use your mind to control your emotions. Instead, you need to find a way to fully connect with your emotions beyond whatever your mind is telling you about them.” – Justin Brown

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Overthinking Quotes For Motivation

Motivation works like magic almost every time. These quotes about overthinking will motivate you to take a step forward and feel free of the past(thoughts).

28. “Stop overthinking. You can do it.” – Avina Celeste

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

30. “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

31. “The best way to stop overthinking is conscious micro-action meditation.” – Amit Ray

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32. “Don’t overanalyze what you see. I have a feeling that you’re overthinking things. Give it some time, and the pieces of this puzzle might come together.” – Jessica Park

33. “To end hunger of overthinking, you need to eat positive attitude and happiness.” – Genereux Philip

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

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Inspiring Overthinking Quotes

Here are some inspirational quotes from some famous individuals to help you tackle the thinking too much issue. Nothing is a problem until you surrender you have one.

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

36. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.” – Thomas S. Monson

37. “Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

 38. “… 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 Gupta

39. “Trust the overthinker who tells you they love you. They have, most assuredly, thought of every reason not to.” – LK Pilgrim                              

40. “Worrying is a form of betting against yourself.” – Karen Salmansohn

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41. “Don’t use your energy on worry. Use it to believe and find a way.” – Karen Salmansohn

42. “Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” – Ray Bradbury

43. “Thinking too much leads to paralysis by analysis. It’s important to think things through, but many use thinking as a means of avoiding action.” – Robert Herjavek

Positive Overthinking Quotes For Attitude

Do not worry if you think you overthink. Here are some overthinking quotes that will help you for maintaining a positive attitude.

44. “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

45. “Although difficult, change is always possible. What holds us back from making the changes we desire are our own limiting thoughts and actions.” – Satsuki

46. “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

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

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

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

50. “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.” – Robert Eliot

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

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

53. “They tend to struggle with being indecisive. Because it’s never just ‘an easy decision.’ For them, it’s overthinking a million different factors and a million different possible turnouts.” – Kim Quindlen

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54. “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

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

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

57. “You don’t go through something in your mind a hundred times and call it a rehearsal.” – Emma Xu

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

59. “Do you keep the engine of your car running when you arrive at your destination? No, you switch it off. You need to do the same with your mind.” – Remez Sasson

60. “Don’t overthink, just overflow with good vibes.” – Anonymous38. “A crowded mind leaves no space for a peaceful heart.” – Christine Evangelou

61. “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

62. “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

63. “Less thinking, more living.” – S.R. Crawford

64. “Thinking too much leads to paralysis by analysis. It’s important to think things through, but many use thinking as a means of avoiding action.” – Robert Herjavec

65. “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

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66. “If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.” – Desiderius Erasmus

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

68. “Don’t overthink yourself out of something good!” – Akosua Dardaine Edwards

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

70. “Worrying how things go wrong doesn’t help things go right.” – Karen Salmansohn

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71. “Stop overthinking, put more energy on what you really want to do.” – Amit Ray

72. “Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn’t dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open?” – Ellen Hopkins

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73. “We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” – John Newton

74. “It’s like tying yourself to a rope that is connected to a pole and going in circles again and again.” – Remez Sasson

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

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

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77. “What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.” – Don Miguel Ruiz

78. “If you consistently focus on ruminating and make it a habit, it becomes a loop, And the more you do it, the harder it is to stop.” Thomas Oppong

79. “The brain is tricky. To stop thinking about something, you have to think about not thinking about it in an attempt to think about something else. It is despairing.” – Regina-Lee Dowden

80. “You spend too much time in the negative zone of thinking, that it becomes like your comfort zone.” – Saloni Singh

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81. “The truth is, you can’t stop all bad things from happening and you can’t stop yourself from every bad decision. What you can do is get help.” – Sarah Fader

82. “Overthinking can be a hard habit to break because it feels like doing something. But on some level you know it’s just wasting your time and effort.” – Seth J. Gillihan

83. “Whether the start and finish lines seem miles apart, or you’re in the middle and struggling to continue, it’s easy to stall in thinking mode.” – Aytekin Tank

84. “Things won’t get better unless you think better.” – Karen Salmansohn

85. “Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there.” – Tony Robbins

86. “Acting is always better than doing nothing. Once you begin to act, the overwhelming feelings that are driving your overthinking into the gutter will no longer feel insurmountable.” – William Malsam

87. “Don’t linger on “what if I did this differently”. Take note of what you can do better next time, put that list somewhere you can access it for future meetings, and move on.” – Isla Honey

88. “The best way to stop overthinking is to see it before it happens.” – Emma Kopplin

89. “There’s probably one big thing you need to decide in order to move ahead on any project—and, more often than not, once you make that call, the little ones become much easier.” – Nell Wulfhart

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Overthinking Quotes About Calmness

Here are some quotes about overthinking that will help you be calmer and relaxed in awkward or difficult situations.

90. “Don’t believe the lies your own mind tells you. The truth is, you have the power to take control of your thoughts.” – Dan Matthews

91. “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

92. “The research is pretty clear—overthinking is bad for you and it does nothing to prevent or solve problems.” – Amy Morin

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

94. “As a cow, deer, and goat chew food again and again in endless circles, overthinking creates an endless loop and exhaust energy.” – Amit Ray

95. “Overthinking steals time and energy, and rarely produces anything worthwhile. And by exhausting you in the process, it makes you more susceptible to its close relatives—anxiety and depression.” – Ryan Howes

96. “The quality of our being is reduced. Stopping the thinking, we increase the quality of our being. There’s more peace, relaxation, and rest.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

97. “The best things happen when you’re not overthinking it.” – Ben Zobrist

98. “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

Don’t Overthink Quotes

If you give stress yourself and think the solution is there then you are wrong. How can you find the solution if you are searching with the same mentality that caused the problem? Here are some of the quotes that will help you stop overthinking.

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99. “You’ve always had a tendency to overanalyze everything. Go with your gut.” – E.L James

100. “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

101. “Awareness is the beginning of change. Before you can begin to address or cope with your habit of overthinking, you need to learn to be aware of it when it’s happening.” – Lolly Daskal 

102. “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.” – Tina Fey

103. “Although people believe they are problem-solving through rumination, it does not result in any real or actionable solution. In reality, problems sometimes intensify when you dwell on them.” – Jessica DuBois-Maahs

104. “Many overthinkers believe they’re actually doing themselves a favor by cycling through their thoughts. But the truth of the matter is that overthinking is a dangerous game that can have a lot of negative consequences on our well-being.” – Julia Ries

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

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

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107. “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 

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108. “Your overthinking voice in 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.” – HIP

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

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110. “Turning to wine or ice cream may briefly quiet these thoughts. But in the end, they’re only temporary fixes. The overthinking returns, and now you may have added the complications that accompany an eating disorder.” – Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

111. “Sometimes your internal weather is going to feel grey and overcast, especially if you are caught up in ruminative thoughts. Rainy weather can only last as long as the pattern of weather sustains it. Once the pattern disappears so will the rain.” – Jason W. B. Liem

112. “Understand that strong feelings shape thoughts. Relaxing and lifting one’s feelings and emotional reactions can help control one’s thoughts.” – Jeffrey Huttman

113. “You can be indifferent to each thought that you become aware of, it helps to give the thoughts less energy to sprout.” – Lachlan Brown

114. “We will learn many things throughout our lives, but the key to managing all of our knowledge is – so it seems – to trust our gut.” – Alexia Lafatia

115. “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

116. “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

117. “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

118. “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

119. “The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.” – Wayne Dyer

120. “I thought too much, lived too much in the mind. It was hard to make decisions.” – Donna Tartt 

121. “Our brains are complicated mechanisms, and overthinking is a natural outcome of it. There is nothing wrong with overthinking a bit, but continued fixating on any kind of thought is unhealthy.” – Jim Kwik

122. “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

123. “Overthinking arises when you unconsciously provoke negative emotions and thoughts and avoid positive emotions and thoughts.” – Amit Ray

124. “Thoughts are like an open ocean. They can either move you forward within its waves or sink you under, deep into its abyss.” – Anthony Liccione

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

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126. “If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying.” – Dalai Lama

127. “Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness. We are what we think. All that we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” – Buddha

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

129. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

130. “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

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

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

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135. “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.” – Eckhart Tolle

136. “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

137. “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 Sri Ravi Shankar

138. “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

139. “Stop thinking, and end your problems.” – Lao Tzu    

140. “That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. 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   

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

 142. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me, it is a prison.” – William Shakespeare    

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143. “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

144. “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

145. “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

146. “We can talk about it, dream about it and dissect the fine print. In the end, only action satisfies our longing.” – Gina Greenlee

147. “When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.” – Joyce Meyer

148. “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

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

150. “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 

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151. “Overthinking―a powerful drug of mentality.” – A.M.L.

152. “Overthinking ruins moods and kills good vibes.” – Supa Nova Slom

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

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

155. “To think too much is a disease.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

157. “If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too.” – Ivan Nuru

158. “Overthinking is like a vacuum of some kind—it sucks you in.” – Dinsa Sachan

159. “Your addiction to thinking will come back to haunt you.” – Natsume 

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

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

162. “Don’t let your mind bully your body.”  June Tomaso Wood

163. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

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164. “With thoughts, it is no better. One easily overthinks things to the point of staleness.” – Karoline von Günderrode

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165. “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months overthinking the past. Trying to put together pieces, imagining what could have been, should have been, or would have been. Or you can pick up the pieces off the floor and move on as a stronger, smarter person.” 

166. “Stop thinking too much. It’s alright not to know the answers. They will come to you when you least expect it.” 

167. “Sometimes you gotta stop worrying, wondering, and doubting. Have faith that things will work out. Maybe not how you planned, but how they were meant to be.”

168. “When you stop overthinking, you free yourself from worries, anxieties, and stress, and enjoy inner peace.” 

169. “Thinking the same thought over and again leads nowhere. It is like moving in a circle instead of going forward.”

170. “Ask yourself, who is the boss of your mind, you, or the unimportant thoughts that you are unable to shake off?” 

171. “The mind loves to think, to move from one thought to another as a butterfly flies from flower to flower. When you can stop your restless mind, you start enjoying real peace.” 

172. “Overthinking can cause the mind to experience ’emotional hangovers’ which leads to depression.” 

173. “Overthinking causes the human mind to create negative scenarios and or replay painful memories.” 

174. “Letting worries take control of your mind is like letting someone who does not know to drive sit behind the driving wheel of your car.” 

175. “Overthinking is just a painful reminder that you care entirely too much, even when you shouldn’t.” 

176. “Live in the real world, not in the world of constant thinking.” 

177. “Too often, people overthink about simple and minor matters that don’t require more than a few seconds of thinking. They just are not able to stop.” 

178. “Thinking too much prevents you from taking action. It consumes your energy, disables your ability to make decisions, and puts you on a loop of thinking over and again.” 

179. “Overthinking saps your energy. It’s like a hamster on a wheel—running fiercely but reaching nowhere.” 

180. “You break your own heart by overthinking it.” 

181. “Overthinking ruins friendships and relationships. Overthinking creates problems you never had.” 

182. “Action should follow thoughts. If you just get stuck in your thoughts, you arrive nowhere.” 

183. “If you cannot control the unstoppable activity that goes on all day long in your mind, you cannot live and enjoy the present moment.” 

184. “Overthinking is the biggest cause of our unhappiness. Keep yourself occupied. Keep your mind off things that don’t help you.”  

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185. “Think it over, don’t overthink.”

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186. “Overthinking leads to negative thoughts.” 

187. “Stop overthinking. Whatever happens, happens.” 

188. “Overthinking ruins beautiful things before they even begin.” 

189. “Stop overthinking. You can’t control everything. Just let it be.” 

190. “Dear mind, please stop thinking so much at night. I need sleep.”

191. “Your imaginary scenarios are blocking you from real happiness.” 

192. “Remember, absolutely nothing good can come out of overthinking it.”  

193. “Do not overthink it. Breathe and have faith that all will work out for the very best.” 

194. “Stop overthinking, stop worrying, stop complaining, life is too short for all of that.”

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195. “Sometimes you have to stop thinking so much and just go where your heart takes you.” 

196. “Overthinking can literally make you insane, and can cause a mental breakdown.” 

197. “Overthinkers have the ability to instantly find alternative possibilities to reality.” 

198. “There is nothing in this world that can trouble you as much as your own thoughts.”

199. “Overthinking and underdoing often go hand in hand, and nowhere else!” 

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

There are no problems that cannot be solved and not a single being without a problem. It’s the way you take and react to your thoughts. These above quotes on overthinking will definitely help you understand the cause, remedy as well as benefits.