Complaining Quotes
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"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."
"pg. 231-232: They'd given me a minivan. They could have picked any car and they picked a minivan. A minivan. O God of the Vehicular Justice, why dost thou mock me? Minivan, you albatross around my neck! You mark of Cain! You wretched beast high ceilings and few horsepower!"
"I have always found that actively lovingsaves one from a morbid preoccupationwith the shortcomings of society."
"Resources are hired to give results, not reasons."
"Complaining is truly my strongest weakness."
"God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains."
"Instead of complaining, discover ways, tactics and tricks on how to reach out to people"
"Acceptance means no complaining, and happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing."
"How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses"
"Those who complain that fate is against them will have a hard time finding happiness in their lives"
"Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well."
"We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem."
"I never have time to write anymore. And when I do I only write about how I never have time. It's work and it's money and I've written more lists than songs lately. I stay up all night to do all these things I need to do, be all these things I want to be, playing with shadows in the darkness that shouldn't be able to exist. Empty bottles and cigarettes while watching the sunrise, why do I complain? I have it all, everything I ever asked for."
Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps
"That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain."
"The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect."
George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric
"Better channel your words into prayer, than into complaints. Zip your mouth and make a plan."
"With every breath you take, someone just took their last. Stop complaining about life. It has given you much more than what you appreciate."
Manoj Arora, Dream On: Every setback is a little nudge from HIM to Dream On
"If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out... Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier."
"Complaining is a complete waste of one's energy. Those who complain the most accomplish the least."
"If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you."
"Someone may have all the technical knowledge, scientific intellect and business know-how but when he/she decides to choose laziness, excuses, procrastination, complaining and other bad attitudes, his/her relevance is meaningless."
"It is an EVIL thing to be an expert in the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters. We need to be experts in the strengths of our brothers and sisters."
"When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity."
"Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something."
"When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain."
"I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain."
Jane Wagner, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
"They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Raise a hand to help and you were interfering, do nothing and you were an un-trustworthy wastrel."
"Mother Teresa didn't walk around complaining about her thighs -- she had shit to do."
"People who complain about something that they cannot do anything about are as irritating as those who complain about something that they can do something about."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana, N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
"I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them."
"Lobbing hand grenades on the bride of Christ takes zero talent or effort. I also think this really ticks God off. My five-year-old child complains and whines when things aren't the way she wants them, but courageous men and women roll up their sleeves and get busy. I want to be an active participant in putting back together the broken pieces."
"Don’t always complain the way isn’t there. If you can’t find the way, create it."
Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
"Don’t complain of terrible circumstances. It has been proven several times that they are the sources of celebrated trophies."
Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
"Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one."
David Pietrusza, 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
"The only nations which deny the utility of provincial liberties are those which have fewest of them; in other words, those who are unacquainted with the institution are the only persons who passed censure upon it."
"The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late."
"He was making the inevitable pivot from critic to manager."
"Leaders are solutions conscious. They don’t complain. You would find them repeating this common question; “how will it be done, and by who?"
"If anyone comes to me complaining about others that “this person is like this”, I will question that person first. ‘Why did you come complaining to me?’ You come complaining therefore you are the guilty one. If anyone comes complaining without being asked, then you should disregard him completely."
"He found his irritation that the American memory could be short."
"The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave."
"Complaining is a vain way of explaining pain without gaining relief. Keep complains distances away from you."
"Teain had no difficulty generating the indignation of a satirist. He lack the patience of a reformer."
H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
"Don't wait, just sweat."
"They will cry, he will shout but you must sweat."
"Passion must be subject to reason; emotions lead one astray. "There was no one to complain to in the woods, so I did not complain."
Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
"Complaining from lack of food doesn't always affect my emotions. complaining from lack of knowledge, passion, creative ideas and happiness always does."
"People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!"
"Both tears and sweat are salty. but none of them are faulty. the tears can get you somewhere, the sweat will make you only wet."
Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot Love: When A Call From The Other Side Takes Its Own Side
"Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem"
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