Discontented Quotes

69 Discontented quotes by 64 unique authors

No disaster is worse than being discontented. — Laozi
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
Of course advertising creates wants. Of course it makes people discontented, dissatisfied. Satisfaction with things as they are would defeat the American Dream. — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ. — Charles Spurgeon
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious,… — William Duncan Silkworth
(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other. — Andres Segovia
. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life. — Vincent de Paul
Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard. — Arthur Lynch
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint… — Benjamin Disraeli
The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest. — William O. Douglas
Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in… — Criss Jami
I never saw a discontented tree. — John Muir
The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented. — Thiruvalluvar
Old age brings along with its uglinesses the comfort that you will soon be out of it, - which ought to be a substantial relief… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze, A visitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings From… — William Wordsworth
In democratic countries, however opulent a man is supposed to be, he is almost always discontented with his fortune, because he finds that he is… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The discontented man finds no easy chair. — Benjamin Franklin
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past. — Mason Cooley
To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to… — Marlene Dietrich
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as… — John Muir
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. — Florence Nightingale
When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a… — Laurence Sterne
When you're heartbroken, you're at your most creative - you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment… — Florence Welch
But that is how men are! Ungrateful and never satisfied. When you don't have them they hate you because you won't; and when you do… — D. H. Lawrence

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