Discontent Quotes · Page 7

Protest is the traditional way that Hong Kongers, who do not have full voting rights, express discontent.

— Zeynep Tufekci

Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, When discontent sits heavy at my…

— Joseph Addison

What I would say to the establishment is that there is far more discontent among the American people than they believe.

— Bernie Sanders

Betrayal is the harshest pain. Trust is lost, will we ever feel the same? Forever discontent.

— Anonymous

The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

— John Green

The discontent that lies in the human condition is not satisfied simply by material things.

— Derek Walcott

The thirst to know and understand a large and liberal discontent.

— William Watson

The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ.

— Charles Spurgeon

Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have…

— Kabir

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a…

— William Herschel

He who is not satisfied initially with his own creation has not made the thing actually good. But to be the best,…

— Anuj Somany

We act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes cause faith is one…

— Amy Ray

As humans, we're such a discontented species. We're always trying to further ourselves, and you get all the way to the moon,…

— Ted Dwane

Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing…

— John Stuart Mill

“It was as if she had thought him into existence again, as if her mind were a flask into which had been…

— Wallace Stegner

As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never…

— Albert J. Nock

I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Almost every yogi that appeared in the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is either somebody I have seen and met and…

— Karan Bajaj

The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

When there's a strong desire within you to express or create something, know that this feeling is Divine discontent. Your longing is…

— Louise Hay

“It is always the little things that build up. Often there is no dramatic reason for discontent in marriages. It seeps in…

— Preeti Shenoy

The communism of combined wealth and capital, the outgrown of overweening cupidity and selfishness which assiduously undermines the justice and integrity of…

— Grover Cleveland

All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was…

— George Orwell

What we will be seeking... for the rest of our lives will be large, stable communities of like-minded people, which is to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

it is only through a wholesome discontent with things as they are, that we ever try to make them any better.

— Susan B. Anthony

Sometimes people don't realize what they have, but I'm sure they will realize what they have lost.

— Anthony Barger

A life devoted to seeking pleasure, is a life committed to being discontent.

— David Guerrero

I always feel discontent, like there's somewhere else to go, somewhere else to be. I'm a very ambitious person.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

You can spend your whole life complaining about how much you hate life or you can spend it finding new ways to…

— Sonya Parker

Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.

— Robert Herrick

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

— Rachel Field

There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib

— Frank Herbert

“I think, in many cases, you develop some sort of unhappiness, some discontent, which leads to frustration and anger.”

— Dalai Lama

You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.

— Ram Dass

A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment.

— David A. Bednar

I was comfortable in all, I admit, but at the same time, nothing satisfied me. Each joy made me seek another.

— Albert Camus

Half of our lives remain drowned in depression for we seek happiness in others & content with their actions.

— Nisshtha Ghai

A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions…

— John Steinbeck

If you're not content with what you have, you won't be content with what you want.

— Craig Williams

“One whisper, Judith, added to a thousand others will become a roar of discontent even”

— Julie Garwood