Complaining Quotes - Page 26

• My whole life I have been complaining
  that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered
  that my interruptions
  were my work.

  Henri Nouwen

  Whole Life, Interruptions, Has Beens

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Reaching Out”, p.51, Image

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• Catch fire today! Make today the day you stop complaining and do something!

  Steve Harvey

  Fire, Today, Stop Complaining

  FaceBook post by Steve Harvey from Mar 11, 2014

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• Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk,
  talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody,
  do it happily.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Contentment, Walks, Ifs

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• When I was poor and I complained about inequality they said I was bitter. Now I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm starting to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.

  Russell Brand

  Hypocrite, Thinking, Want

  Russell Brand (2014). “Revolution”, p.101, Ballantine Books

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• Would you complain because a beautiful sunset doesn't have a future or a shooting star a payoff? And why should romance 'lead anywhere'? Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods.

  Tom Robbins

  Beautiful, Stars, Passion

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• If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

  Julia Gillard

  Victim, Ifs

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• When we complain about our current situation, we remain in it; when we praise God in the midst of difficulty, He raises us out of it.

  Joyce Meyer

  Praise, Midst, Currents

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• If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life. Complain to yourself, Lament that you are not poet enough to call up its wealth.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Everyday, Matter, Wealth

  Rainer Maria Rilke (2010). “Letters to a Young Poet”, p.12, New World Library

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• In modern states, the citizen is politically impotent. A citizen, it is true, may complain, make suggestions, or cause disruptions, but in the ancient world these were privileges that belonged to any slave.

  Mark Mirabello

  Suggestions, Citizens, World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Merely complaining without proposing an alternative offers nothing.

  Jacque Fresco

  Alternatives, Offers

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• We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses.

  Nelson Mandela

  Looks, Want, Excuse

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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• Whenever you see some business person quoted complaining about how he or she can't find workers with the necessary skills, ask what wage they're offering.
  Almost always it turns out what said business person really wants is highly (and expensively) educated workers at a manual-labor wage. No wonder they come up short.

  Paul Krugman

  Skills, Offering, Want

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• Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked social norms before they had religion? Did they never assist others in need, or complain about an unfair deal? Humans must have worried about the functioning of their communities well before the current religions arose, which is only a few thousand years ago.

  Frans de Waal

  Believe, Self, Years

  "Morals Without God?". opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. October 17, 2010.

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• Complaining begets more complaints. Anger begets more anger. And optimism begets more optimism.

  Simon Sinek

  Optimism, Complaints, Begets

  Twitter post from Jul 08, 2010

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• When you’re not patient, you start complaining. And the fact that you’re complaining is a sign that you’re not grateful.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Grateful, Facts, Patient

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• As long as you are stationary, no one will complain. Dogs don't bark at parked cars.

  Max Lucado

  Dog, Long, Car

  Max Lucado (2014). “One God, One Plan, One Life: A 365 Devotional”, p.263, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.

  Michael Keaton

  Motivational, Moving On, Thankful

  "Michael Keaton Gave An Incredibly Personal Acceptance Speech About His Tough Childhood" by Kirsten Acuna, www.businessinsider.com. January 12, 2015.

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• I'm just happy to be a film where for once I don't have to worry about my hair, because my managers are always complaining about my hair looking depressing in my movies. Which is true. I mean, it's true.

  Emily Mortimer

  Depressing, Mean, Hair

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• It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine.

  Maggie Q

  Girl, Men, Shining

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• After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Letting Go, Years, Busy

  "Work-Life Balance? Puh-leaase!" by Mika Brzezinski, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• There's a thing that creeps into this conversation ... that if you complain about the depiction of women [in comics], it becomes, 'Well, but ladies - the dudes are idealized too.' And the thing is that the dudes are idealized for strength and the women are idealized for sexual availability. It's very, very different. The women's costumes are cut in such a way that I could give a cervical exam to 90% of our heroines. And I don't have a medical degree! So if I can find it, that's impressive.

  Kelly Sue DeConnick

  Cutting, Availability, Giving

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• By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her with astick no bigger than his thumb,' and she could not complain against him.

  Harriet Hanson Robinson

  Children, Husband, Women

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• Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?

  Thomas a Kempis

  Motivation, Inspiration, Adversity

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• As we pass through the trials of life, let us keep an eternal perspective, let us not complain, let us become even more prayerful, let us serve others, and let us forgive one another. As we do this, 'all things [will] work together for good to [us] that love God.'

  James B. Martino

  Perspective, Forgiving, Working Together

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• To anyone complaining about our schedule - call us. We'll put you on it.

  Gregg Marshall

  Schedules

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