Discontent Quotes · Page 6

All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.

— William Saroyan

“Comparison with myself brings improvement, comparison with others brings discontent.”

— Betty Jamie Chung

Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.

— Robert Herrick

“Keep burning the flame of discontent within you until you get the joy of satisfaction.”

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for…

— Saul Alinsky

Authoritarianism leads to Discrimination, discrimination Leads to discontent and discontent Gives rise to rebellion,

— Mak_786

There is nothing more depressing than having it all and still feeling sad..!!

— Anonymous

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

— Nisshtha Ghai

Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth; and therefore to such as are…

— Robert Burton

The poet complains or points out the discontent that lies at the heart of man, the individual man, and how can that…

— Derek Walcott

“My real dissatisfaction is with my dissatisfaction. How dare I be so discontent? How dare I? Or being discontent why cannot I…

— Stephen Fry

A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from…

— Anonymous

We remain contented when we continue counting our own blessings but become envious when we start counting other people's blessings for them.

— Terry Mark

The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation…

— Alfred North Whitehead

I felt it from within. We have tremendous discontent in the country. We have tremendous problems in the country. And I felt…

— Donald Trump

“So long as discontent and unrest make themselves but dumbly felt within a limited social class, the powers of reaction may often…

— Emma Goldman

There are, indeed, two forms of discontent: one laborious, the other indolent and complaining. We respect the man of laborious desire, but…

— John Ruskin

When we can't stand it anymore, lets kneel down and pray. Let it be a privilege to carry everything to our God…

— Glen Rambharack

Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and…

— Sue Thoele

And so, onwards... along a path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence.. however you may be, be your own…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

You see, the Foreign Service of the United States has grown so unbelievably in the last twenty years, and the requirements for…

— Charles E. Bohlen

No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp or violently worded expressions…

— Winston Churchill

Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life, the glow…

— Nella Larsen

“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

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

— Frank Herbert

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

You will never be content with what you have until you make peace with who you are.

— Anonymous

Discover your own discontent, and be grateful, for without divine discontent there would be no creative force.

— Deepak Chopra

Don't be upset by the results you didn't get with the work you didn't do.

— Anonymous

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

— Craig Williams

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

— John Steinbeck

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

— Julie Garwood

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“She was tired of the flaming thoughts of discontent that kept her awake at night.”

— Virginia Gaffney

Those with good memories will always look to the past when discontent with their present lives.

— Dragon Quest

It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent

— Jerry Bridges