Discontented Quotes

69 Discontented quotes by 64 unique authors

Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens. — Thomas S. Monson
Jane Eyre "I desired more...than was within my reach. Who blames me? Many call me discontented. I couldn't help it: the restlessness is in my… — Charlotte Bronte
My mind has been the most discontented and restless one that ever was put into a body too small for it. — John Keats
Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you. — Robert A. Heinlein
I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather… — Daniel Defoe
Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to… — Gretchen Rubin
My mind has been the most discontented and restless one that ever was put into a body too small for it.... I never felt my… — John Keats
No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power… — Arthur C. Clarke
But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like? Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of folk as'd like to have… — Philip Pullman
Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point. — Bella Pollen
There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first gets what it… — Og Mandino
Human anger is a higher thing than what is called divine discontent. For you must be angry with something; but you can be discontented with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. — Henri Frederic Amiel
A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as… — Zebulon Pike
Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate. — Louis XIV
TROGLODYTE, n. Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in… — Ambrose Bierce
FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker towards others. A peaceable man doth more good than a… — Thomas Kempis
The kind of marriage you make depends upon the kind of person you are. If you are a happy, well-adjusted person, the chances are your… — Unknown Author
What makes us discontented with ourselves is our absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. — Mrthrill

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