Discontent Quotes

233 quotes by 183 authors

There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the evangelical world, with… — David F. Wells
As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace… — Albert J. Nock
Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing.… — Hugh Prather
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
We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. — Henry Allen Ironside
There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more. — Laozi
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. — Samuel Johnson
One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she… — Ezra Taft Benson
Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue;… — Edmund Burke
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer… — Everett Ruess
I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any paved… — Everett Ruess
How often do we use other people as screens upon which to project our obsessions? Our discontents, dreams, desires, and fears? Well, I always thought,… — Bradford Morrow
Never be discontent with the life you've been dealt, be discontent with the way you're living it. — Mike Donehey
He said, Contented? I am the MOST discontented man in the world! Don't you know I am the wealthiest man in the world? That is… — Rajneesh
Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships. — Samuel Johnson
Imagination is a flame that ignites the creative spirit. Imagination lights up your mind by stoking mental fires. It can be stimulated from the outside… — Wilferd Peterson
Today be happy with what you have - not discontent with what you don't have. — Helen Steiner Rice
Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government. — Robert Herrick
Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents. — Edmund Leach
God is looking for imperfect men and women who have learned to walk in moment-by-momen t dependence on the Holy Spirit. Christians who have come… — Charles Stanley

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