---
title: "1 Unhappiness Life Quotes By D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones"
description: "1 Unhappiness Life quotes by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Plus more from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and more Unhappiness Life sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_life_most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due_2949106.jpg"
---

> [“Most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due-to-the-fact-that-you-are/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_life_most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due_2949106.jpg)

## More by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

> [“Religion is that which a man does with his own solitude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/religion-is-that-which-a-man-does-with-his-own-solitude/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“Anyone who thinks that he can live the Christian life himself is proclaiming that he is not a Christian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/anyone-who-thinks-that-he-can-live-the-christian-life-himself-is/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“this life is a kind of preparatory school for the great life that is awaiting us beyond death and time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/this-life-is-a-kind-of-preparatory-school-for-the-great-life-that-is/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“this other man within us, has got to be handled. Do not listen to him; turn on him; speak to him; condemn him; upbraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/this-other-man-within-us-has-got-to-be-handled-do-not-listen-to-him/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.' What does it mean? Let me put it negatively like this. We are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/blessed-are-they-which-do-hunger-and-thirst-after-righteousness-what/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“The Christian is confronted by two ways only, and if we are not on the strait and narrow way, we are on the wide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/the-christian-is-confronted-by-two-ways-only-and-if-we-are-not-on-the/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“Once again, therefore, I would define meekness like this. The man who is truly meek is the one who is amazed that God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/once-again-therefore-i-would-define-meekness-like-this-the-man-who-is/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“Preaching has very largely become a profession. Instead of real Christian sermons we are given secondhand expositions of psychology. The preachers say they that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/preaching-has-very-largely-become-a-profession-instead-of-real/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“this is not allegory. I have no gospel unless this is history. In addition, I have been pointing out that as well as being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/this-is-not-allegory-i-have-no-gospel-unless-this-is-history-in/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“The meek already inherit the earth in this life, in this way. A man who is truly meek is a man who is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/the-meek-already-inherit-the-earth-in-this-life-in-this-way-a-man-who/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“Abraham had the same experience (Genesis 15).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/abraham-had-the-same-experience-genesis-15/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“Thus the defective doctrine of sin and the shallow idea of joy, working together, of necessity produce a superficial kind of person and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/thus-the-defective-doctrine-of-sin-and-the-shallow-idea-of-joy/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“For it is when a man sees himself in this unutterable hopelessness that the Holy Spirit reveals unto him the Lord Jesus Christ as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/for-it-is-when-a-man-sees-himself-in-this-unutterable-hopelessness/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“There is nothing more futile, when dealing with this condition, than to act on the assumption that all Christians are identical in every respect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/there-is-nothing-more-futile-when-dealing-with-this-condition-than-to/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

> [“No book in the world today comes to us in the particular way that the Bible comes to us, exactly where we are, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/no-book-in-the-world-today-comes-to-us-in-the-particular-way-that-the/)

[D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Unhappiness Life Quotes By D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due-to-the-fact-that-you-are/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_life_most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due_2949106.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_life_most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due_2949106.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_life_most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due_2949106.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to…” — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/",
            "name": "Unhappiness Life Quotes by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/d-martyn-lloyd-jones-13096_life_most-of-your-unhappiness-in-life-is-due_2949106.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Unhappiness Life quotes by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Plus more from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and more Unhappiness Life sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Unhappiness Life",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unhappiness-life/d-martyn-lloyd-jones/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```