Fretful Quotes

22 quotes by 18 authors

Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for… — Thornton T. Munger
A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys… — William Cowper
If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.… — Robert A. Heinlein
The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart. — William Wordsworth
Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to wait on God. — William Barclay
They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims;… — Samuel Johnson
Idle hands make fretful minds. — Shelley Shepard Gray
People are fretful about lifestyle retailing because the idea that anyone's immortal soul and deepest longings can be quite so readily anticipated and consolidated with… — Peter York
"I see nobody on the road," said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked in a fretful tone. "To be able… — Lewis Carroll
I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay. — Richard Hovey
Kent. Where's the king? Gent. Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled waters 'bove… — William Shakespeare
I am in need of music that would flow Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.… — Elizabeth Bishop
On a cold, fretful afternoon in early October, 1872, a hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the… — Philip Pullman
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
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
Home is a place in the mind. When it is empty, it frets. It is fretful with memory, faces and places and times gone by.… — Maeve Brennan
But suppose your dÃ¦mon 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
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes like stars start from… — William Shakespeare
We are now ready to start on our way down the Great Unknown. Our boats...are chafing each other, as they are tossed by the fretful… — John Wesley Powell

Who Wrote These Fretful Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 22 Fretful Quotes as follows: