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Troubled Quotes

Struggle often hides behind a steady face.

This collection of troubled quotes begins with a teacher's admission of loving the students with troubled lives the most, a quiet statement about where care is most needed. Fictional heroines described as troubled and resistant add another layer of Depth to the theme.

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

Quotes by Wally Lamb

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

Thomas Jefferson

My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant.

Quotes by Sylvia Day

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

Quotes by Steven Rattner

Depth Quotes

Many troubled Midwestern towns are grasping for ways to fend off decline and, in some cases, extinction.

Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.

Quotes by Rickie Lee Jones

The relationship between France and its 'foreign' players - blacks and North African Arabs - has always been troubled, particularly with Algerians.

Quotes by Rabih Alameddine

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

Quotes by Mia Wasikowska

I'm not activist, but I'm not troubled by being in the LGBT corner.

Quotes by Max Riemelt

Emotion Quotes

With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But the setting didn't lend itself to girls.

Quotes by Louis Sachar

I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.

Quotes by Laurie Helgoe

I seem to play a lot of troubled kids.

Quotes by Holliday Grainger

But I was also a big mouth, I started to develop a troubled relationship with Harry Shorten.

Quotes by Gil Kane

The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.

Quotes by Gary Weiss

Identity Quotes

New Orleans is just a microcosm of Newark and Detroit and hundreds of other troubled urban locales.

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

Quotes by Daniel Defoe

I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.

Quotes by Conrad Burns

I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both - we were troubled and troublemakers.

Quotes by Chloe Sevigny

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

Quotes by Benjamin Walker

Pain Quotes

My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.

Quotes by Annette Bening

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this troubled quotes page focus on?
It collects quotes about people, minds, and times described as troubled, from struggling students to unstable economic periods.
Why do people search for quotes about being troubled?
People look for troubled quotes to find language that validates a difficult inner state or explains why hard times can push people toward extreme reactions.
What does the quote about troubled students mean?
It comes from someone who says they love the students with troubled lives the most, suggesting a deliberate focus on care for those facing hardship rather than avoiding them.
Is there a quote connecting troubled minds to happiness?
Yes, one classical-style quote defines happiness as not being pained in body or troubled in mind, treating an untroubled mind as central to well-being.
How do troubled economic times factor into this topic?
One quote observes that troubled economic times often produce believers in wacky, extreme ideas, linking financial hardship to unstable thinking. Related emotional themes appear in Pain quotes.

A classical quote reframes happiness itself as freedom from being troubled in mind, while another points to troubled economic times breeding extreme ideas. For more on inner conflict, see Pain and Identity quotes.