"For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy"
Read quote
10 likes
Unhappy quotes
Unhappy
765 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Unhappy
Browse quotes that often appear alongside unhappy — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Unhappy quotes (page 5 of 39)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"It's not a mid-life crisis. It's a mid-life disaster. A mid-life crisis is when you wake up with everything and you go "I have everything but I'm still unhappy.""
Read quote
10 likes
"Most people aren't really happy, but they aren't unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place to be."
Read quote
10 likes
"Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system."
Read quote
10 likes
"In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness."
Read quote
10 likes
"A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it."
Read quote
10 likes
"The great thing with unhappy times is to take them bit by bit, hour by hour, like an illness. It is seldom the present, the exact present, that is unbearable."
Read quote
9 likes
"If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy."
Read quote
9 likes
"If you're unhappy, what is it in your life that you're not facing?"
Read quote
9 likes
"I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well."
Read quote
9 likes
"The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible."
Read quote
9 likes
"Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy."
Read quote
9 likes
"Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people."
Read quote
9 likes
"Why should I be unhappy? Each parcel of my being is in full bloom."
Read quote
9 likes
"If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition."
Read quote
9 likes
"There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether it moves in my direction or away."
Read quote
9 likes
"I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside."
Read quote
9 likes
"George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again."
Read quote
9 likes
"The happy should not insist too much upon their happiness in the presence of the unhappy."
Read quote
9 likes
"As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom."
Read quote
9 likes