Do you ever find yourself really confused about something?

Best Confused Quotes When You Need More Clarity on a Subject

For example, maybe you don’t understand how to choose between two different career paths, or you’re not sure what kind of furniture would look good in your living room, or maybe you’re even unsure how to dress yourself in the morning.

Sometimes it’s hard to know what you really think about something, and you end up blurting out something that turns out to be complete nonsense.

When that happens, don’t worry!

These confused quotes will remind you of how it feels to be completely off your game and give you some helpful tips on how to get back on track again.

Just remember the wise words of Confused Quotes Champion Albert Einstein, who once said If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.

Good advice indeed!

Confusion happens to all of us at one time or another. Whether it’s because you don’t understand something, or you need a bit more clarification, these quotes about being confused might just be what you need to get back on track.

I’ve found myself in all of these situations (and more), and so to help with that confusion, I wanted to share the best confused quotes with you!

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No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. ―Carl Jung

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. ―Carl Jung, best confused quotes,

If you’re confused about what to do, it’s a sign that your enemy is winning. ―Toba Beta

If you’re confused about what to do, it’s a sign that your enemy is winning. ―Toba Beta, best confused quotes,

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. ―A. J. Liebling

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. ―A. J. Liebling, best confused quotes,

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. ―Jean-Paul Sartre

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion. ―Albert Einstein

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion. ―Albert Einstein

Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress. ―Steve Maraboli

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. ―Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

If your mind is not clear then settle down. ―Herbert Lebumfacil

If your mind is not clear then settle down. ―Herbert Lebumfacil, best confused quotes,

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. ―George Santayana

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. ―Socrates

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. ―William Westmoreland

I think it is scary anytime anyone is coming at you asking questions. ―Corrine Brown

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster. ―Johan Cruyff

If confusion leads to knowledge, then I must be a genius. ―Larry Leissner

If confusion leads to knowledge, then I must be a genius. ―Larry Leissner, best confused quotes,

Life is fleeting, and the wonder can be lost within the confusion of worldly reality. ―Steven Redhead

We are not confused, it’s just the conflict between what we say and what we do. ―Muhammad Zaki

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. ―Henry Miller

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. ―Buddha

I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back. ―Leo Tolstoy

When you don’t know what to do, go back to the places, the people and the promises where you know you last heard God. ―Pam Farrel

Sometimes hate is just confused love! ―Omar Tyree

Sometimes hate is just confused love! ―Omar Tyree, best confused quotes,

Confusion is the main cause of worry. ―Dale Carnegie

Confusion is the main cause of worry. ―Dale Carnegie, best confused quotes,

In mathematics, you don’t understand things. You just get used to them. ―Johann von Neumann

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. ―George Carlin

It’s hard to win when you always lose. ―Tom Waits

We have understood nothing of life until we have understood that it is one vast confusion. ―Henry De Montherlant

Sometimes you face difficulties not because you’re doing something wrong, but because you’re doing something right. ―Joel Osteen

Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking. ―Bob Goff

People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half. ―Jane Haddam

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. ―Socrates

However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole. ―Muriel Rukeyser

Confusion is not an ignoble condition. ―Brian Friel

Confusion is not an ignoble condition. ―Brian Friel, best confused quotes,

I don’t know, upon my honour, what I’m doing. ―Henry James

It’s really very difficult to understand a woman – actually it’s not she but he who is confused. ―Amit Abraham

What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it. ―Salvador Dali

With great power often comes great confusion. ―Dan Allen

With great power often comes great confusion. ―Dan Allen, best confused quotes,

People don’t expect too much from literature. They just want to know they’re not alone with being confused. ―Jonathan Ames

The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. ―James Agee

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

To be given permission to be confused – and remain confused – for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift. ―Janet Jackson

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. ―Friedrich Nietzsche

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. ―Friedrich Nietzsche, best funny confused quotes,

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ―Niels Bohr

If I look confused it is because I am thinking. ―Samuel Goldwyn

If I look confused it is because I am thinking. ―Samuel Goldwyn, best confused quotes for motivation,

It’s amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are. ―Stephen Covey

No matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure. ―Lama Yeshe

The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. ―Martin Heidegger

Just simplify all that confusion and try to make life wonderfully simple again. ―Aurora Berill

You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. ―Salvador Dali

Life is a series of embarrassing moments which leave you feeling alone in your confusion and shame. ―Miranda Hart

To do two things at once is to do neither. ―Publilius Syrus

To do two things at once is to do neither. ―Publilius Syrus, powerful confused quotes,

Life being all inclusion and conclusion, and art being all discrimination and selection. ―Henry James

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ―Leonardo Da Vinci

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ―Leonardo Da Vinci, best confused quotes for everyone,

Some lose all mind and become soul: insane. Some lose all soul and become mind: intellectual. Some lose both and become: accepted. ―Charles Bukowski

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. ―Fred Allen

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor. ―Steven Pinker

You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality. ―Eckhart Tolle

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be. ―Stephen Chbosky

The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand. ―Bill Joy

Not to have a confused church is to teach paramount importance of the truth. ―Sunday Adelaja

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. ―Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. ―Aristotle, best confused quotes,

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. ―Jean-Paul Sartre

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. ―William Penn

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ―Plato

We all go through doubt. It’s hard. Those difficult moments are what build your character. ―Joe Rogan

Love is when two people who care for each other get confused. ―Bob Schneider

Love is when two people who care for each other get confused. ―Bob Schneider, best powerful confused quotes,

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. ―Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. ―Albert Einstein

Human interaction. The most complicated form of happiness I will never figure out. ―Charlotte Eriksson

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. ―George Saunders

Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly. ―Irene Peter

Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly. ―Irene Peter, best confused quotes for clarity,

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. ―Roger Ebert

Good. Be confused. Confusion is where inspiration comes from. ―Robyn Mundell

Good. Be confused. Confusion is where inspiration comes from. ―Robyn Mundell, confused quotes for clarity,

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. ―Daniel Boone

A leader who is confused or confusing causes too much anxiety, and a leader who is too controlling is revealing more insecurity and a lack of leadership. ―Mark Goulston

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can’t eat it. ―Leo Tolstoy

I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress. ―Ed Begley, Jr

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. ―Oliver Wendell Holmes

At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be painful? ― Larry McMurtry

A friend to all is a friend to none. ―Aristotle

A friend to all is a friend to none. ―Aristotle, best confused quotes for clarity,

Logic of a madman is a sane man’s confusion. ―Jeo R. Lansdale

I’ve never been more confused in my life, but at the same time I’ve never been more satisfied with what we’ve done. ―Kurt Cobain

Man is a rebel, and a rebel is naturally in confusion. ―Billy Graham

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! ―William Shakespeare

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! ―William Shakespeare, confused quotes for better clarity,

If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention. ―Tom Peters

Acting is a form of confusion. ―Tallulah Bankhead

Acting is a form of confusion. ―Tallulah Bankhead, best confused quotes,

Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ―Stephen Covey

You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ―Mark Twain

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. ―Terence McKenna

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. ―Terence McKenna, best confused quotes for improved clarity,
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Most people living in the world are confused about life. ―Sunday Adelaja

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. ―Martin Heidegger

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. ―Nigel Short

You can’t pay enough money to… cure that feeling of being broken and confused. ―Winona Ryder

God doesn’t come to kill, to steal or to destroy. That’s the enemy. God comes to give abundant life. Know your God so you don’t get confused. ―Mike Pilavachi

Confused like small birds trap into a badminton game. ―Sulejman Halilagic

I’m too open-minded that I don’t know what to mind anymore. ―Ahmed Mostafa

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. ―Epicurus

Right and wrong are very complicated; sometimes I get confused which one to follow. ―M.F. Moonzajer

We often confuse what we wish for with what is. ―Neil Gaiman

We often confuse what we wish for with what is. ―Neil Gaiman, best confused quotes for clarity,

Love is merely a combination between infatuation and confusion. ―Dustin Cruz

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. ―Francis Bacon

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. ―Socrates

One moment in life you get stuck… and confused. ―Deyth Banger

One moment in life you get stuck… and confused. ―Deyth Banger, Best Confused Quotes When You Need More Clarity on a Subject

If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company. ―Jean-Paul Sartre

I have nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. ―Jack Kerouac

Being confused about choices is nothing more than hoping that maybe there is a way to get through life without taking charge. ―Meg Jay

A confused mind tends to be the most creative. ―Steven Magee

I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed. ―Robert Frost

I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed. ―Robert Frost,  Best Confused Quotes When You Need More Clarity on a Subject

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. ―Walt Whitman

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ―Bertrand Russell

I’m slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs. ―Rachel Weisz

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. ―Stephen Chbosky

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused ― Walter F. Mondale

Confusion is always the most honest response. ―Marty Indik

Confusion is always the most honest response. ―Marty Indik, , Best Confused Quotes When You Need More Clarity on a Subject

Sometimes I’m confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn’t obvious. ―Michael Stipe

Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. ―D.H. Lawrence

Ignorance is the worst liberation. To know even a few is better than knowing nothing at all. ―Michael Bassey Johnson

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. ―Friedrich Nietzsche

If you can’t convince them, confuse them. ―Harry S. Truman

If you can’t convince them, confuse them. ―Harry S. Truman, best confused quotes,

Injecting some confusion stabilizes the system. ―Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We feel unhappy and confused with our life when we don’t do the focus or calling that God has on our life. ―John C. Maxwell

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. ―Albert Einstein

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life. ―Leo Tolstoy

As we grow older, the memories of early life brighten, those of maturity and senescence grow dim and confused. ―Anthony Burgess

Anyone who isn’t confused, really doesn’t understand the situation. ―Edward R. Murrow

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. ―Kim Hubbard

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. ―Kim Hubbard, best confused quotes,

With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded. ―John Milton

Your eyes may mislead you sometimes. So don’t be serious in observing, listen to your heart at times when you are confused. ―Giridhar Alwar

Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity. ―Micheal J. Gelb

Life is like a confused teacher. First she gives the tests and then teaches the lesson. ―Drake

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. ―Scotty Bowman

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. ―Scotty Bowman, best confused quotes,

We survive, in the confusion of a life reborn beyond reason. ―Pier Paolo Pasolini

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason. ―John Mayer

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion. ―Gerald R. Ford

We humans are such complicated and confused beings that we call the animals beasts. ―Cristiane Serruya

The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it. ―Mark Twain

The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it. ―Mark Twain, best confused quotes,

I just want to be someone, to mean something to anyone… ― Charlotte Eriksson

Sensuality is allowing your brilliance and confusion to coexist. ―Lebo Grand

I freely admit I’m confused. ―Craig Ferguson

I freely admit I'm confused. ―Craig Ferguson, best confused quotes,

One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. ―Chinese proverb

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee. ―John Gay

In the theater of confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts. ―Mason Cooley

Just keep going like crazy and look back when it’s over. Otherwise you just get confused. ―Cliff Burton

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia. ―Anne Austin

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia. ―Anne Austin, best confused quotes for clarity,

Conclusion means death. Confusion means possibility. ―Jaggi Vasudev

Confusion is only a matter of doubt before you leap forward, using your decision-making power to control your own destiny. ―Byron Pulsifer

You always admire what you really don’t understand. ―Blaise Pascal

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world. ―Andrew Dominik

Every really good book was written a little at a time, over time, in tremendous confusion and doubt. ―Richard Bausch

Confusion is a chicken with shattered eyes. ―Thai Proverb

Confused? Confusion is good, it’s an excellent place to learn something new from. ―Edward R. Murrow

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbor to have them through envy. ―Aristotle

I think, therefore I am… confused. ―Benjamin Hoff

I think, therefore I am… confused. ―Benjamin Hoff, best confused quotes,

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. ―Plato

Man’s role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary. ―Margaret Mead

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ―Albert Einstein

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ―Albert Einstein, confused quotes,

Best Funny Confused Quotes

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large; I contain multitudes. ―Walt Whitman

A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. ―Douglas Adams

I’m not confused, I’m just well mixed. ―Robert Frost

I'm not confused, I'm just well mixed. ―Robert Frost, best funny confused quotes,

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. ―Fred Allen

If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention. ―Tom Peters

I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. ―Johnny Depp

If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius. ―Larry Leissner

If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius. ―Larry Leissner, best confused state quotes,

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FAQs

What is the purpose of confused quotes?

When you feel lost or uncertain, reading confused quotes can help you feel better. These quotes provide reassurance that you are not alone in feeling this way. They also offer words of wisdom and comfort from some of the most successful people in the world. In addition, these quotes can motivate you to keep going despite feeling confused. Finally, reading confused quotes can help put your current situation into perspective and remind you that this too shall pass.

How can confused quotes help me?

Sometimes, the best way to understand something is to hear it from someone else. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of confused quotes from some of history’s greatest thinkers. Maybe their words will help you make sense of your confusion and see things in a new light.

What are some best confused quotes?

These are some of my favorite confused quotes:
* Don’t worry about life’s small stuff, because small stuff is just big stuff that hasn’t happened yet.
* The confusion always comes with the territory. ―Jane Kaczmarek
* Everything’s okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end. ―Bob Marley

Who uses confused quotes?

We’ve all been there before. You’re trying to understand something, but no matter how much you read or how many times you reread the material, you just can’t seem to wrap your head around it. In these moments, it can be helpful to read quotes from people who have gone through the same thing. Perhaps they can offer some clarity or provide a new perspective that you hadn’t considered before.

How can I make the most out of confused quotes?

* Read them aloud to yourself and let the words really sink in.
* Write down your favorite confused quotes in a journal or notebook.
* Take some time to think about what the quote means to you and how it can apply to your life.
* Share your favorite confused quotes with friends or family members and start a discussion about what they mean to you.

Conclusion

If you’re ever feeling lost or confused, know that you’re not alone.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is take a step back, relax, and clear your mind. Other times, all you need is a good laugh. Either way, we hope these quotes bring you some peace of mind. And if they don’t, well then at least they’ll make you laugh!

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