100 Confused Quotes To Handle Ups and Downs of Life

Are you also confused about any or many things in your life? In that case, we would like to console you that no one actually has clarity about everything. We have brought you this amazing collection of Confused Quotes by famous authors, philosophers and other personalities that you are going to surely enjoy in confusion.

Life is full of confusion. People are confused over love or career, wealth or health, money or relationship, sleep or scrolling and even over eating from Subway or McDonalds.

But what’s killing people is the fact that being confused is not a good state to live in. You are living life for the first time, why do you expect yourself to be clear with everything? Confusion is a part of the process of learning.

You will never be fully cleared if you are not confused in the first place. Everything you are confused about now will make sense at the right time. Till then enjoy your state of confusion and keep guessing and learning until you are clear.

You are going to surely relate with these confused quotes and may find answers to many of your confusions.
Also share these quotes with your confused friends to help them find answers and to feel comfortable even if they are not able to find answers.

Don’t forget to also read our collection of Perfection Quotes to help you reach your goals.

Confused Quotes

• “When you don’t know where to start, just go to a place you miss so much.” – Toba Beta
• “Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.” – Henry Miller
• “I think it is scary anytime anyone is coming at you asking questions.” – Corrine Brown
• “It’s amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.” – Stephen Covey
• “There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.” – Scotty Bowman
• “I think some people don’t even know what they’re talking about, and they just start talking with an opinion, not even asking questions.” – Brian Fallon

• “The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.” – Molly Ivins
• “History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.” – Gerald R. Ford
• “You can’t pay enough money to… cure that feeling of being broken and confused.” – Winona Ryder
• “That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.” – Anatole France
• “When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.” – Lillian Smith

• “And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.” – Heston Blumenthal
• “I can still feel unsure in myself, and l’m still insecure about certain things, but my desire to be happy and my desire to be free is very strong.” – Bibi Bourelly
• “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” – Winston Churchill
• “May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.” – George Carlin
• “My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.” – Peter Singer
• “Clarity of vision is the key to achieving your objectives.” – Tom Steyer

• “The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.” – Conan O’Brien
• “Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.” – Huineng
• “Don’t be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.” – Peter Jennings
• “I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.” – Bill James
• “Man’s role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.” – Margaret Mead
• “I’m slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.” – Rachel Weisz
• “Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.” – George Santayana
• “The future is no more uncertain than the present.” – Walt Whitman
• “When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.” – Herbert Spencer

• “The future is inherently uncertain.” – Manmohan Singh
• “The world has always been uncertain. This is the nature of the world.” – Pierre Nanterme
• “I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.” – Jack Kerouac
• “The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It’s not that there’s something new in our way of thinking – it’s that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.” – Carl Sagan
• “I simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death… I think… peace and tranquility will return again.” – Anne Frank
• “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” – Theodore Hesburgh
• “If you go out there with doubts or unsure what’s going to happen, it’s not going to go your way.” – Kevin Anderson

• “Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.” – Irene Peter
• “Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.” – Francis Bacon
• “I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.” – Albert Einstein
• “In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.” – Walt Whitman
• “I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh
• “I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.” – George Crumb
• “If I look confused it is because I am thinking.” – Samuel Goldwyn
• “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Isaac Newton
• “Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.” – James Thurber
• “Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.” – Roger Ebert
• “Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.” – Carl von Clausewitz

Confused Quotes About Life

• “Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.” – Hugh Mackay
• “A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.” – Nigel Short
• “I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” – Stephen Chbosky
• “We are not confused, it’s just the conflict between what we say and what we do.” – Muhammad Zaki
• “Just simplify all that confusion and try to make life wonderfully simple again.” – Aurora Berill

• “Most people living in the world are confused about life.” – Sunday Adelaja
• “Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.” – Mason Cooley
• “Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.” – Jennifer Capriati
• “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you’re in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don’t fall in love with people because they’re fun. It just happens.” – Kirsten Dunst
• “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie
• “We’re all stumbling in the dark and that makes for some very interesting collisions.” – Marty Rubin
• “One moment in life you get stuck… and confused.” – Deyth Banger
• “If your mind is not clear then settle down.” – Herbern Lebumfacil
• “I try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.” – Johnny Depp
• “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.” – William Shakespeare

• “It’s impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can’t fool the fans.” – Marv Albert
• “Things are always either black or white. The grey in between is only a confusion.” – Ljupka Cvetanova
• “Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.” – Alain de Botton
• “Life is fleeting, and the wonder can be lost within the confusion of worldly reality.” – Steven Redhead
• “It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.” – J.D. Salinger
• “The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.” – Shannon L. Alder
• “We often confuse what we wish for with what is.” – Neil Gaiman
• “If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” – Tom Peters
• “People don’t expect too much from literature. They just want to know they’re not alone with being confused.” – Jonathan Ames
• “People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.” – Jane Haddam

Confused Quotes About Love

• “In every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path – the path of compassion, courage, understanding and love.” – Amit Ray
• “Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.” – Jose Bergamin

• “Love is when two people who care for each other get confused.” – Bob Schneider
• “Anyone who isn’t confused really doesn’t understand the situation.” – Edward R. Murrow
• “Love is so confusing – you tell a girl she looks great and what’s the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!” – Robert Orben
• “I just love asking questions. I love people. It’s in my DNA. I’m cursed – and blessed.” – Larry King
• “Women are made to be loved, not understood.” – Oscar Wilde
• “We have confused the free with the free and easy.” – Adlai E. Stevenson
• “We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.” – W. Somerset Maugham
• “The most confused we ever get is when we’re trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is a lie.” – Karen Marie Moning
• “Sometimes I’m confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn’t obvious.” – Michael Stipe

• “Logic of a madman is a sane man’s confusion.” – Jeo R. Lansdale
• “With great power often comes great confusion.” – Dan Allen
• “If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.” – Walter F. Mondale
• “Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.” – George Saunders
• “Confusion is a sign of intelligence; only fools are crystal clear.” – Haresh Sippy
• “Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.” – Micheal J. Gelb
• “We all go through doubt. It’s hard. Those difficult moments are what build your character.” – Joe Rogan

Best Quotes About Being Confused

• “Part of being successful is about asking questions and listening to the answers.” – Anne Burrell
• “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” – Confucius
• “It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.” – Carl Friedrich Gauss
• “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” –  Harper Lee
• “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” – Galileo Galilei
• “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein

• “The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.” – Mark Twain
• “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
• “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo da Vinci
• “Whenever I’m confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.” – Beyonce Knowles
• “I’m always looking, and I’m always asking questions.” – Anne Rice
• “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Stephen Covey
• “You can’t follow your heart when it is more confused than your head.” – unknown

Conclusion

Confusion is not a sign of weakness; it’s a stepping stone toward growth and self-discovery. While feeling lost can be frustrating, it also presents an opportunity to explore new perspectives and possibilities. The Confused Quotes shared in this article serve as a reminder that uncertainty is temporary, and clarity will eventually follow. Embrace the journey, trust yourself, and remember that even in the midst of confusion, wisdom is waiting to be found.

Also read:

• Values Quotes
• Self Love Quotes
• Overthinking Quotes

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