Restless Quotes

• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Sweet, Art, Writing

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.23, Vintage

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• When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Change, Men, Views

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2013). “Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Passion”, p.54, eBookIt.com

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• Our heart is restless until it rests in You.

  Saint Augustine

  Heart, Restless Heart

  Saint Augustine (1998). “The Confessions”, p.4, OUP Oxford

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• A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Dream, Sleep, Insomnia

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “The Professor: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.32, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I don't feel restless, I just like to travel.

  Brad Pitt

  Travel, Feels

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• Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.

  John Novak

  Self, Kind, Static

  John Novak (1994). “How to Meditate: A Step-by-step Guide to the Art and Science of Meditation”, p.12, Crystal Clarity Publishers

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• As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Prayer, Restless Mind, Broken

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• The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

  Chin-Ning Chu

  Positive, Focus, Mind

  Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.165, Hachette UK

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• There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

  Wilson Mizner

  Skeletons, Closets

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• Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Desire, Driven, Humans

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• Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Perseverance, Accomplishment, Combat

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• Be always restless, unsatisfied, unconforming. Whenever a habit becomes convenient, smash it! The greatest sin of all is satisfaction.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Satisfaction, Sin, Habit

  Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). “Saviors of God”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• Heaven is a place of restless activity, the abode of never-tiring thought.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Heaven, Tire, Abode

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• Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination.

  Tim Burton

  Exercise, Drawing, Imagination

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• It ever is the marked propensity of restless and aspiring minds to look into the stretch of dark futurity.

  Joanna Baillie

  Dark, Mind, Looks

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• Talented people are restless at their core.

  Lorne Michaels

  People, Core

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• Better balance, less pain and less restless leg syndrome.

  Euclid

  Pain, Balance, Legs

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• The sin was mine; I did not understand. So now is music prisoned in her cave, Save where some ebbing desultory wave Frets with its restless whirls this meagre strand.

  Oscar Wilde

  Forgiveness, Caves, Sin

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, p.126, Oscar Wilde

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• If we persist in our restless desire to know everything about the universe and ourselves, then we must not be afraid of what the artist brings back from his voyage of discovery.

  Herbert Read

  Artist, Discovery, Desire

  Herbert Read (2002). “To Hell with Culture: And Other Essays on Art and Society”, p.142, Psychology Press

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• Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans.

  William Blake

  Crush, Philosophy, Writing

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.379, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.

  Ricardo Semler

  Men, Long, Bored

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• but curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another.

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

  Girl, Passion, Curiosity

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• We live on a restless planet in a violent universe.

  Dale Jamieson

  Violent, Planets, Universe

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The unorganized mind will always be restless until its content is reordered.

  Ervin Seale

  Mind

  ERVIN SEALE (1971). “TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN”

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• Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, God, Jesus

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