These upset quotes will inspire you. Upset to worry or make unhappy or make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging upset quotes, upset sayings, and upset proverbs.
Best Upset Quotes
- “The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” ~ Stephanie Perkins
- “It’s not wrong to be upset. It’s not wrong to cry. It’s not wrong to want attention. It’s not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.” ~ Bryant H. McGill
- “Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” ~ Saint Francis de Sales
- “Don’t live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn’t work out. Come back to a place of peace. It’s not going to work against you; it’s going to work for you.” ~ Joel Osteen
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“When you’re tempted to be upset, ask yourself ‘Is this worth giving up my joy?'” ~ Joel Osteen
- “To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” ~ Ken Keyes Jr.
- “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.” ~ Iyanla Vanzant
- “There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.” ~ Ihara Saikaku
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“Every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back.” ~ Andy Biersack
- “Let’s not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember “Life is too short to be little”.” ~ Dale Carnegie , Upset quotes about life
- “When you’re happy you don’t always have to be laughing, and when you’re sad you don’t have to be crying; sometimes it’s the opposite. You laugh when you’re the most upset.” ~ Freddie Highmore
- “Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.” ~ Bernie Mac
- “When you’re happy, you don’t count the years.” ~ Ginger Rogers
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“no expectations, no disappointments!” ~ Eric Jerome Dickey
- “The more something upsets you, the more it is meant for you. When it no longer upsets you, it is no longer needed because the lesson is complete.” ~ Bryant H. McGill
- “Sensory experience does not offset the intense pain or pleasure we feel on a mental level; it may distract us, but doesn’t overcome it. On the other hand, if we have peace of mind, even negative experiences do not upset us. Peace of mind is also good for our physical health. Medical experts have found that anger, hatred and fear eat into our immune system. Being calm and relaxed is better for our physical well-being.” ~ Dalai Lama
- “I don’t get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there’s no sense in getting upset. And I don’t get upset over things I can’t control, because if I can’t control them there’s no sense in getting upset.” ~ Mickey Rivers
- “Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what’s hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.” ~ Walter Dean Myers
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“The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that’s easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama.” ~ Brad Warner
- “People don’t just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.” ~ Albert Ellis
- “Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair.” ~ Heath Ledger
- “In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.” ~ William Arthur Ward
- “Be at Peace with Everyone – No one is capable of making you upset without your consent, so if you begin practicing the intention to be authentic and peaceful with everyone, you connect to peace itself- and gain the power to change the energy of your relationships with family and friends.” ~ Wayne Dyer , Upset quotes about relationships
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“I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.” ~ Wanda Sykes
- “Sometimes not honoring your character makes for really good television, but that also can really upset fans. You have to turn things upside sometimes. As a storyteller, you have to know that sometimes you’re going to let your fans and the audience down because you have to do your part in servicing the story.” ~ Azita Ghanizada
- “What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over” ~ Jerome K. Jerome
- “No one can upset you, unless you give them permission.” ~ Paul Robert Hanna
- “I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I’m seen as attractive or sexy. That’s opened so many doors for me in my life.” ~ Sofia Vergara
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“Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.” ~ Edith Wharton
- “Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don’t worry…I’m here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.” ~ Charles M. Schulz
- “If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we’re going to make.” ~ Larry Flynt
- “Patience is the ability to accept trouble, suffering, delay without getting angry or upset, I feel like if you can master patience you can master anything.” ~ Big Sean
- “”Please stop,” I said. “You’re upsetting the black Santas.”” ~ John Green
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“If you’re upset with how you look at 25, life’s going to be tough.” ~ Susan Sarandon
- “If you’re not upsetting idiots, you might be an idiot.” ~ Ted Nugent
- “You can develop the right mental attitude when you realize that nothing external can upset you or hurt you without your mental consent.” ~ Joseph Murphy
- “Life is a well of joy; but for those out of whom an upset stomach speaks, which is the father of melancholy, all wells are poisoned.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
- “You become an artist to upset your family.” ~ Gunter Brus
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“I don’t let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.” ~ Eric Shanteau
- “In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.” ~ Allen Klein
- “As soon as government management begins it upsets the natural equilibrium of industrial relations, and each interference only requires further bureaucratic control until the end is the tyranny of the totalitarian state.” ~ Adam Smith
- “I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one’s own perceptual shift-which is the real thrill.” ~ Fred Wilson
- “You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you’re going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.” ~ Dan O’Brien
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“When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.” ~ Allen Klein
- “I just think this is people who are chronically looking for ways to be upset about things.” ~ Scott Walker
- “I can’t watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don’t recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.” ~ Rebecca Ferguson
- “What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset?” ~ Fritz Leiber
- “Australians and New Zealanders don’t talk about Gallipoli in terms of invasion. I started talking about it and using that word and at first there were a few people who were getting upset in the same way that in any country, if you work for a newspaper you know exactly the dude you can go and talk to get a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to something to do with the military.” ~ Russell Crowe
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“Stealing music is not right, and I can understand people being very upset about their intellectual property being stolen.” ~ Steve Jobs
- “I think abstraction is a very rich area. And it is upsetting that people seem to have some fear of it. I’m constantly making these statements about how you should just look at it and react to it on your own; just relax and let go.” ~ Brice Marden
- “I don’t want to know what they think of me – there’s always going to be someone who won’t like it and that’ll just upset me. So, if I’m happy with it, it just matters if I’ve done my little vision.” ~ Evanna Lynch
- “I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or upsetting to me personally, it all finds its way in there.” ~ Grant Morrison
- “Hopefully people are upset for the reason I want them to be upset. Even when I was doing open mics, I’ve always had people upset. I’ve never been the consummate crowd-pleaser.” ~ David Cross
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“If I spend all my time being upset about having lost a job, then the next however many auditions I have are going to be useless.” ~ Henry Cavill
- “If I spend all my time being upset about having lost a job, then the next however many auditions I have are going to be useless. So as you’re going through the process, you get excited and put your all into it. But you don’t get carried away, because until you do the thing, nothing hasn’t happened yet. The rest is just talk.” ~ Henry Cavill
- “We know that you must be very Upset and sad But just to let you know That we are here for you Should you need Help and support At this very sad and hard time That you must be going through” ~ Julie McGregor
- “People are fed up – and I think quite rightfully so. But what are they proposing as an alternative to just being upset or feeling disillusioned or abandoned? That kind of protest movement really needs to happen on a much bigger scale, but there needs to be a clearer message.” ~ Scarlett Johansson
- “I have a strong theory that all the dead people are looking down and laughing and smiling and saying “Oh look, they are so upset about the death thing.”” ~ Sark
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“Perhaps one day I will be fortunate enough to be upset over how I misunderstood I am. A girl can dream.” ~ Desiree Akhavan
- “I try to walk like Christ in my life. If I strike out, I don’t curse, or throw my bat or hit things back in the dugout, I try to quietly just put my helmet back. I may be very upset but I try to control myself.” ~ Torii Hunter
- “I cannot pay attention to what people say about my work. For me, personally, I am just this shards-and-ashes human being, who really gets upset when someone says something bad about me. If it’s true, I cop to it. If I have any good qualities, it’s that.” ~ Harlan Ellison
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“A lot of the men were upset or jealous of me because I got the girl. Men are always trying too hard. When I effortlessly get the girl, it pisses them off.” ~ Jackie Warner
- “I find it deeply upsetting when I see justice not being served. How do we as human beings deal with the unknown? The West Memphis Three trial is a joke on so many different levels.” ~ Atom Egoyan
- “We deal with all varieties of information. Somebody’s always upset no matter what we do. We have to make a decision; otherwise, there’s a never-ending debate.” ~ Sergey Brin
