Miserable People Quotes

• Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen.

  Chuck Norris

  America, People, Miserable

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• Miserable people love to make other people miserable. I don't hate them, I just feel sorry for them.

  Brandi Glanville

  Sorry, Hate, People

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• Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

  Bryant H. McGill

  People, Way, Misery

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• Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Happiness, Happy, Thinking

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• Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.

  Daniel Handler

  Sad, People, Want

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• Miserable people focus on what they hate about their life. Happy people focus on what they love about their life.

  Zig Ziglar

  Hate, Happy Life, People

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 11, 2013

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• The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Booker T. Washington (2015). “Up from Slavery: Top Biography”, p.109, 谷月社

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• Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

  Carolyn Hax

  People, Miserable, Strategy

  "Carolyn Hax Live: With the usual apologies to wolves". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. February 5, 2016.

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• The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

  Matt Chandler

  World, Miserable, This World

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• There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.

  Dalai Lama

  Sleep, Men, Doors

  "Your Emotional Fitness: Everything You Need to Know to Live a Life of Abundance". Book by Gary Rubin, p. 173, 2013.

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Life, Motivational, Wisdom

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• The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.

  Yanni

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.

  Mother Teresa

  Thoughtful, Naked, Done

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• The greatest source of unhappiness comes from inside.

  Jim Rohn

  Unhappiness, Source

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 11, 2016

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• There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

  Timothy Keller

  Self, Interesting, Miserable

  Timothy Keller (2013). “Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God”, p.21, Penguin

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• There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

  William James

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Sadness

  Principles of Psychology (1890) vol. 1, ch. 4

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• Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

  Jim Rohn

  Pain, Failure, Compassion

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.

  Zig Ziglar

  Success, Motivation, Journey

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• The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.

  Matthew Perry

  Cheer, Couple, Keys

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• Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.

  Warsan Shire

  Sad, Time, Moving

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• Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego.

  Rajneesh

  Mean, People, Ego

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• No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

  Adam Smith

  Happiness, Equality, Society

  Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.33

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• He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

  Philip Neri

  Love, God, Christian

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• The Palestinians are a miserable people...and they deserve to be.

  Daniel Pipes

  People, Miserable, Palestinian

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