trouble quotes

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”

— Terry Pratchett

“There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.”

— Plato

“
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
”

— Robert Anson Heinlein

“The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.”

— Philip Kindred Dick

“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

— Steve Jobs

“Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.”

— Charlie Chaplin

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.”

— Charlie Chaplin

“To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.”

— Aristotle

“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.”

— Mark Twain

“All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future, and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.”

— Carl Jung

“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.”

— Agatha Christie

“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.”

— Leonardo da Vinci

“I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.”

— Jane Austen

“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

— Walt Disney

“Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times.”

— Sigmund Freud

“The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.”

— John Barrymore

“This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“Friends show their love in times of trouble. ”

— Euripides

“A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Sweet is the memory of past troubles.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.”

— Sophocles

“When trouble ends even troubles please.”

— Sophocles

“It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.”

— Victor Hugo

“Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.”

— Ovid

“That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.' ”

— Jim Carrey

“I don't ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down. ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot