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title: "10 Want Unhappy Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I don't think most people want to be unhappy. It's just something they've gotten good at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/i-don-t-think-most-people-want-to-be-unhappy-it-s-just-something-they/)

[Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/)

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> [“(And believe me, you don't want me to be unhappy. I may be looking into the haunting thing right now.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-matson/and-believe-me-you-don-t-want-me-to-be-unhappy-i-may-be-looking-into/)

[Morgan Matson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-matson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/morgan-matson-2820_haunting_and-believe-me-you-don-t-want-me-to-be-u_3157712.jpg)

> [I never want to see you unhappy. I thought youd want the same for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-never-want-to-see-you-unhappy-i-thought-youd-want-the-same-for-me/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/anonymous-1_heartache_i-never-want-to-see-you-unhappy-i-though_1390973.jpg)

> [“Refuse to be unhappy. "I see so many unhappy people, and I just don't get it," Virginie says with a weary smily.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-bowen/refuse-to-be-unhappy-i-see-so-many-unhappy-people-and-i-just-don-t/)

[Will Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-bowen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/will-bowen-30218_life_refuse-to-be-unhappy-i-see-so-many-unhap_2070433.jpg)

> [You can make all the excuses you want for why you're unhappy, or you can bite the bullet and make changes. Either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hussein-nishah/you-can-make-all-the-excuses-you-want-for-why-you-re-unhappy-or-you/)

[Hussein Nishah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hussein-nishah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/hussein-nishah-292_advice_you-can-make-all-the-excuses-you-want-fo_3008496.jpg)

> [Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/requirements-are-for-people-who-want-to-be-unhappy-because-it-s-your/)

[James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/james-altucher-1597_people_requirements-are-for-people-who-want-to_896860.png)

> [I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlize-theron/i-had-called-her-up-a-couple-of-weeks-before-then-because-i-had-heard/)

[Charlize Theron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlize-theron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/charlize-theron-1430_am_i-had-called-her-up-a-couple-of-weeks-be_1545833.jpg)

> [“It never occurred to me that if one word from him could make me so happy, another could just as easily crush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-aciman/it-never-occurred-to-me-that-if-one-word-from-him-could-make-me-so/)

[André Aciman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-aciman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/andre-aciman-459_crush_it-never-occurred-to-me-that-if-one-word_681577.png)

> [If you want to be unhappy, uncomfortable, and insecure, just spend your life trying to do something that is not right for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/if-you-want-to-be-unhappy-uncomfortable-and-insecure-just-spend-your/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/joyce-meyer-123_fit_if-you-want-to-be-unhappy-uncomfortable_1651598.jpg)

> [It has appeared that from the inevitable laws of our nature, some human beings must suffer from want. These are the unhappy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-malthus/it-has-appeared-that-from-the-inevitable-laws-of-our-nature-some/)

[Thomas Malthus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-malthus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/thomas-malthus-7621_blank_it-has-appeared-that-from-the-inevitable_2575780.png)

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