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• People complain that our generation has no philosophers. They are wrong. They now sit in another faculty. Their names are Max Planck and Albert Einstein. Upon appointment as the first president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, Berlin, formed for the advancement of science.

  Adolf von Harnack

  Our Generation, Names, People

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• When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. ...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

  Character, Pride, Vanity

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

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• Never complain, never explain personal motto of

  Kerry Packer

  Humor, Australia, Motto

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• I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Asking, Way

  Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.15, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn't argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we're doing is, we're presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.

  A.C. Grayling

  Religious, Atheist, Guy

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• When things get difficult it can be easy to complain. How you respond makes all the difference

  Tony Dungy

  Differences, Easy, Difficult

  FaceBook post by Tony Dungy from Dec 15, 2014

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• As long as we complain, we remain stuck in our problems. But a thankful attitude brings deliverance and makes God smile.

  Joyce Meyer

  Attitude, Long, Deliverance

  Twitter post from May 5, 2013

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• If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.

  Dalai Lama

  Giving Up, Effort, Faces

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• You complain and demand zero compromise - so the GOP obstructs Obama so the economy doesn't improve - then you complain and demand even more zero compromise. Then you get to blame Obama for the slow recovery, which is sorta like John Wilkes Booth blaming Lincoln for missing the end of a play.

  John Fugelsang

  Zero, Recovery, Play

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• But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails

  William Arthur Ward

  Taken, Climbing, Wind

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• When you find yourself ready to complain about what you don't have, stop for a moment to consider what incredible things you do have. And resolve to make the most of it all.

  Ralph Marston

  Perspective, Finding Yourself, Incredibles

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• The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Ocean, Grace, Use

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• People always complain that they can't do this and they can't do that."
  
  "If we look at our lives and concentrate on things that we don't have or wish to have, that doesn't change the circumstances. The truth is that we have to focus on what we have and make the best out of it.

  Nick Vujicic

  People, Focus, Wish

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• A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

  William Arthur Ward

  Heart, Ungrateful, Tongue

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Before you complain today, be grateful you have breath to complain with.

  LeCrae

  Grateful, Today, Breaths

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• Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage

  Robin Sharma

  Wall, Bridges

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Aug 07, 2013

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• That’s my credo - My work is play. I don’t complain about work. I enjoy it. I like the feeling of being able to lay down at night and you’re so doggone tired, you’re just hoping to get undressed before you fall asleep.

  Buck Brannaman

  Fall, Tired, Night

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• Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.

  Lily Tomlin

  Needs, Language, Humans

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• I don't know. I don't like girls whining and complaining about wanting a man! I never liked "Sex and the City", the kind of thing where women only feel empowered once they find The Man. It is just not up my alley. I don't believe in it. There is nothing you can control about love.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Girl, Sex, Believe

  "Aniston was no 'Sex and the City' fan". Vogue Interview, www.today.com. November 13, 2008.

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• Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed; they chew the bitter pill which they would not even know to be bitter if they had the sense to swallow it whole in a cup of patience and water.

  Charles Spurgeon

  People, Water, Cups

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1416, Barbour Publishing

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• If you complain that Allah is testing you too much, you're failing the test.

  Omar Suleiman

  Tests, Too Much, Failing

  FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Jan 23, 2013

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• When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.

  Philip Yancey

  Reason, Tempted

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• Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Taken, Praise, Granted

  Gretchen Rubin (2016). “The Best of the Happiness Project Blog: Ten Years of Happiness, Good Habits, and More”, p.57, Hachette UK

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• Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.

  B. C. Forbes

  Opportunity, Men, Fickle

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• At some point you have to own up to how
  great you are, how beautiful you are, to how much inner dignity and
  potential you have. Drop complaining about what other people didn’t give
  you or do for you, or how they mistreated you. Take repossession of
  your Self and you will rise to a level of greatness that has been yours
  all along.

  Michael Beckwith

  Beautiful, Greatness, Self

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from May 11, 2010

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