Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart,…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

What makes us discontented with ourselves is our absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.

— Mrthrill

“As long as our actions are based upon an inner discontent they will in the long term reinforce the very feelings of discontent we…

— Paramananda

Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.

— Neil Gaiman

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

— Anonymous

Discontents are sometimes the better part of our life. I know not well which is the most useful; joy I may choose for pleasure,…

— Owen Feltham

It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent

— Jerry Bridges

“Discontentment shows up when we focus on what we can't have rather than what we do have.”

— Emily P. Freeman

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

— Berthold Auerbach

To be too dissatisfied with ourselves is a weakness. To be too satisfied with ourselves is a stupidity.

— Magdeleine Sable

The world belongs to the discontented.

— Oscar Wilde

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson