Discontent Quotes

233 quotes by 183 authors

I was trundling around with my inadequacies, and inner pain and loneliness. I yearned, desperately, to be something. I yearned to get out from where… — Anthony Hopkins
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. — David Rockefeller
Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Contentment is the door to god. If one is contented, one has already arrived. And the meaning of contentment is absolute acceptance as you are.… — Rajneesh
The father of every good work is discontent, and its mother is diligence. — Unknown Author
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed. — Laozi
Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic front. I would… — Vladimir Putin
By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for we are rather… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
If God gives you gifts you must use them to justify your life. It is what the Greeks called divine discontent that drives you. — Mary Fairfax
When there's a strong desire within you to express or create something, know that this feeling is Divine discontent. Your longing is your calling- and… — Louise Hay
It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because one's own little core… — George Eliot
The great mountains of the world are a great remedy if men but did know it against our modern discontent and ambitions. In the hills… — Eric Rucker Eddison
Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of… — Marcus Aurelius
The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early… — Thomas Jefferson
You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already inherent in the… — Eckhart Tolle
I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been… — John C. Danforth
Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy… — Neil Gaiman
Discover your own discontent, and be grateful, for without divine discontent there would be no creative force. — Deepak Chopra
God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would… — Douglas Wilson
If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living… — Eugene V. Debs

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