Complaining Quotes

• Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

  Billy Graham

  Hard Work, Honest, Honestly

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• Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Thanks, Trouble, Offers

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  We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

  Stephen Hawking

  Anger, People, Always Complaining

  "Return of the time lord". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2005.

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• When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Hate, Madness, Victim

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• If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

  Arthur Ashe

  Life, Sports, Failure

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• Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.

  Og Mandino

  Funny, Smile, Listening

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• See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Weather, People

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.82, New World Library

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• Never complain. Never explain.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Positivity, Complaints, Explanation

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• The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Basketball, Teamwork

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• My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more.

  Og Mandino

  Personality, Want, Fault Finding

  Og Mandino (1988). “The Greatest Salesman in the World: Featuring the Ten Vows of Success. The end of the story”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

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• 1-Don't analyze. 2-Don't complain. 3-Don't compare yourself to others. 4-Don't expect things to be done for you. 5-Don't expect perfection in the relative. 6-Look to the knowledge aspect daily. 7-Own the movement. 8-Problems are all in your head. 9-Hold yourself together.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Perfection, Together, Looks

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• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Gratitude, Character, Self

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

  Confucius

  Gratitude, Men, Shoes

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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.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Maya Angelou (1993). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, Random House Canada

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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  You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Inspiring, Ideas, African American

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• It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspiring, Perfect, Excellence

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• Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.

  Mason Cooley

  Literature, Complainers, Complaints

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• Those who complain most are most to be complained of.

  Matthew Henry

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• If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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  Never complain and never explain.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Political, Advice, Politics

  In J. Morley 'The Life of William Ewart Gladstone' (1903) vol. 1, p. 123.

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  Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Apology, Maturity

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 24, 2016

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• Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

  Antoine Rivarol

  Life, Fear, Past

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