Discontent Quotes

233 Discontent quotes by 183 unique authors

When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across… — Norman Rockwell
Now is the winter of our discontent. — William Shakespeare
Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning… — John Steinbeck
We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to… — Lewis Thomas
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. — Ieyasu Tokugawa
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. — Eckhart Tolle
The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
And there is no getting away from the fact - and this is a key point of discontent among many who are upset with the… — Juan Williams
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his… — Harper Lee
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. — Oscar Wilde
There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib — Frank Herbert
When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up… — John Steinbeck
The beet is the most intense of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the… — Tom Robbins
. . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction… — Arthur C. Clarke
For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent. — W. E. B. Du Bois
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for youâ€” It… — Edgar Lee Masters
...and gradually his face assumed the expressions which are so often found among rich people - the expressions of discontent, of sickliness, of displeasure, of… — Hermann Hesse
Dismantling the architecture of my discontent — Paul Auster
I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept… — Anton Chekhov

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