Quotes About Not Being Happy In Life

#1. Gratitude free of compassion is selfishness. It is nothing more than being happy for what has been done to benefit you. - Author: Derek R. Audette

#2. My child, if I have any object in life, it is to provide for your being a good, a sensible, and a happy man. I am bent upon it. - Author: Charles Dickens

#3. Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy. - Author: Thich Nhat Hanh

#4. Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions. - Author: Hector Hugh Munro

#5. One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. - Author: Robert A. Heinlein

#6. When I am happy at work, I tend to be happy in life. And when my work is a struggle, it negatively taints my entire outlook and existence. Anyone can relate to being miserable at work, and each of us can stand to improve his or her relationship with work. - Author: Julie Clow

#7. Life offers a cruel choice: you can be right or happy. Not both. This is true regardless of whom you may be involved with, but it is especially true if there is an emotional vampire in your life. - Author: Albert J. Bernstein

#8. It is a terrible thing to be happy! How pleased we are with it! How all-sufficient we think it! How, being in possession of the false aim of life, happiness, we forget the true aim, duty! - Author: Victor Hugo

#9. I soon discovered that I was getting used to being happy and unhappy at the same time, as if that were the new, inevitable law of my life. - Author: Elena Ferrante

#10. It makes it easier to wait for the man God has for me," Said Elly, "Because I already have the most important relationship. I can spend my life loving and being loved by the perfect Bridegroom. I don't have to wait for a man to fall in love with me to make me happy. - Author: Jennae Noelle

#11. The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. - Author: George Bernard Shaw

#12. I don't think that I am happy,
but then again, I don't know.
Sometimes I get so caught up
in the process of living--
of eating, dressing, taking the train to work,
that I don't give it enough thought.
Maybe happiness is being content.
But is it really? - Author: Samantha Schutz

#13. What she can't get into her narrow mind is that we're above such things as love. Our whole aim - the whole sense of our life - is to avoid petty illusions that stop us being free and happy. On, on, on! - Author: Anton Chekhov

#14. Figure out what makes you laugh, and do more of it. Figure out what makes you cry, and do less of it. - Author: Mandy Hale

#15. Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. - Author: Dalai Lama

#16. Being in love is not always being happy but being happy is always being in love - Author: Hisham Fawzi

#17. I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi. - Author: Joan Collins

#18. Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations. - Author: Tom Brady

#19. When words failed I realized there was something unspeakably beautiful in not being able to put words to your happiness. - Author: R. YS Perez

#20. That was happiness. Not the framed greatest hits, but the moments in between. At the time, I hadn't pegged them as being particularly happy. But now, looking back at those phantom snapshots, I'm struck by my calm, my ease, the evident comfort with my life. I'm happy in retrospect. - Author: Maria Semple

#21. People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well adjusted. Perhaps that's the price they pay for being originals. - Author: George Cukor

#22. I would say probably not being able to do what I want to do and not being completely fulfilled and happy. I don't know how that would manifest itself in a mirror. It's just that feeling of not being satisfied with my life would be the worst thing that could ever happen to me. - Author: Karen Gillan

#23. You will never know the purest love you can give a person, until the day you hurt because they hurt. You genuinely want them to succeed in life and be free from all the chains that keep them from being happy, whether you are in their life or not. - Author: Shannon L. Alder

#24. Being in love is not always happiness, but being happy is always in love - Author: Hisham Fawzi

#25. I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy, not in making others think or know that I am. - Author: C. JoyBell C.

#26. Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't ... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are. - Author: Howard Gardner

#27. The fact that you are even here, alive, on this planet is a mathematical miracle, and you should not spend the time that you have being busy being miserable. - Author: Philip DeFranco

#28. I hope you find a place in your life when you can let go and be happy. But I'm not a dirty secret. I'm not bad and wrong for being comfortable with myself, and I won't let you make me feel that way. - Author: Lauren Dane

#29. Being truly happy in life involves you feeling more in control of the direction your life is going. - Author: Deborah Day

#30. Don't let the pursuit of happiness stop you from being happy right here, right now. - Author: Karen Salmansohn

#31. I have a very happy marriage and friends who keep my feet on the ground. But looking for satisfaction in life is difficult. Maybe being happy is as simple as not being unhappy. - Author: Jasper Carrott

#32. Don't let pain & heartaches and looking for better solutions in life ... STOP you from being happy! Enjoy loving life and every beautiful sunset it has to offer! - Author: Timothy Pina

#33. Tapping into our inherent sexuality can offer a gateway to deep healing of past hurts and wounds, which are carried in the body and can hinder one's potentials for leading the happy, sexually fulfilled life we all deserve. - Author: Antonia Hall

#34. The world's my oyster. But it worries me, all this showing off about being happy. Life is so precarious, and I know terrible things can happen. At the moment, everything is happy. - Author: Jerry Hall

#35. My goal from being a child was to have a happy home life. - Author: S.E. Hinton

#36. Many of us live that life where we are only happy when there's a good day passing by, instead of being sad when there's one bad day passing leaving us confused. - Author: Auliq Ice

#37. It is not a happy lot being a princess in any country, but especially Japan in which every tiny aspect of one's life is governed by the most rigid rules of protocol. - Author: Kathryn Lasky

#38. I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman. - Author: James Ellroy

#39. Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the
simple and beautiful things around him. - Author: Billy Graham

#40. This proves the significance of individualism; being able to face the music, to embrace it, and then create something beautiful from it. You can't truly be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes and the pinnacle of life can only be reached when one can carve their own path. - Author: Nadege Richards

#41. My entire life, I've never been able to understand the concept of not being happy or excited when others were successful or had something good happen to them. It quite honestly is a concept that I cannot grasp. - Author: Dan Pearce

#42. The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient;
the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing:
there is no pain as great as being alive,
no burden heavier than that of conscious life. - Author: Ruben Dario

#43. Happy people don't fight for the sake of fighting.Happy people don't hurt each other.Sadness must be inside every human being.That made it lighter to bear the burden of a less than fulfilled life. - Author: K.J. Kilton

#44. About happy endings. Folk like a story to finish well. Doesn't matter if that's true to life or not. Helps to hear about folk being content. About good folk getting what they deserve. While you're listening you can believe, for a bit, that you're good too. Worth a happy ending. - Author: Juliet Marillier

#45. I've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness
being happy
is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way. - Author: Grace Kelly

#46. I look at life and I see some very happy relationships, but I also see the vast majority as not being that happy. - Author: Hugh Grant

#47. I do believe you would be perfectly happy shut up in your study with your rolls of manuscript all your life, without seeing another human being save a servant to bring you in bread and fruit and water twice a day. - Author: G.A. Henty

#48. It is not wrong to change in order to achieve certain goals in life. If you want a happy relationship, for example, you can't expect luck to bring it. You can't have something that implies you without being yourself there. - Author: Robin Sacredfire

#49. There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time. - Author: C. JoyBell C.

#50. Life is over in a blink of an eye - so why waste your time being anything but happy that you've been given another day to live?" "Hey, - Author: Rachel Van Dyken

#51. As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would approve. I know he would want me to be happy. - Author: Lisa J. Shultz

#52. My mom was always like, "If I know that my kid is having fun, she's gonna do whatever she wants. Whether that's gymnastics, learning the car, acting or just being a normal kid, she's gonna do what makes her happy." That's how I've always lived my life. - Author: Chloe Grace Moretz

#53. Being of service is something that really makes me happy. Being able to tell young kids about something they might never have known without meeting someone with my experiences is what really what I feel it's all about. I feel that's the only way that you get fulfillment out of life. - Author: Keke Palmer

#54. But we have to learn to be free. We have to, Nell. Doesn't mean happy all the time, or okay all the time. It's okay not to be okay. I told you that, but I'm relearning it myself. But not being okay doesn't mean you stop living. - Author: Jasinda Wilder

#55. Being a hero to someone, even if it is a dog, is a feeling like no other. Though it can be frustrating, it can be the most rewarding thing to give someone a second chance at a happy life. - Author: Elizabeth Parker

#56. Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life. - Author: Roy Ayers

#57. It is utterly impossible to be happy without being grateful. - Author: Toni Sorenson

#58. I am Happy. I love colorful and cute stuffs. Whole my life is all about being happy and to stay positive in my beliefs. I love to inspire people and let them know more about themselves. - Author: Diana Rose Morcilla

#59. I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore. - Author: Reese Witherspoon

#60. There's some benefit to being happy in your life. Of looking around and saying, 'This is mine.' - Author: Tom Leykis

#61. If you are eagerly looking for salvation, and if you believe in God, you may ... become acquainted with the Christ of God, and, after being initiated [a reference to baptism], live a happy life. - Author: Justin Martyr

#62. Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. - Author: Gerard Way

#63. Life's like a book: What matters is the hook.
Be it short or long, just live it strong.
Whether it's five stars, or how near or far, just soar! - Author: Ana Claudia Antunes

#64. We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic. - Author: Pope Francis

#65. With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme. - Author: Pete Wentz

#66. It's all about being happy with your life and having fun. At least that's what works for me. - Author: Donald Cerrone

#67. There's no point in being an unhappy success, and there's not much sense in being a happy failure either. - Author: Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#68. Maybe it was being orphaned and alone all my life, but I always steeled for the worst outcome I could envision. That way I could shrug and be almost happy with anything that fell short of the worst. It was a peculiar life skill and one I had gotten damn good at. - Author: James Anderson