Miserable People Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old miserable people quotes, miserable people sayings, and miserable people proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Pain and suffering are inevitable in our lives, but misery is an option. Chip Beck
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. Joseph Addison
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. Adam Smith
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it. Boethius
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. Booker T. Washington
Miserable people love to make other people miserable. I don't hate those, I just feel sorry for them. Brandi Glanville
Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery. Daniel Kahneman
The Palestinians are a miserable people and they deserve to be. Daniel Pipes
There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy. Dante Alighieri
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. George Bernard Shaw
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
The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others. Gordon B. Hinckley
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
The greatest source of unhappiness comes from inside. Jim Rohn
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
The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be. Matt Chandler
There is no Mystery so great as Misery. Oscar Wilde
He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably. Philip Neri
Misery nourishes your ego that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego. Rajneesh
There's nothing that makes you more miserable or less interesting than self absorption . Timothy Keller
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. Victor Hugo