Discontent Quotes

We dishonor God if we proclaim a Savior who satisfies and then go around discontent

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Discontent is the catalyst for change.

Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.

There is no greater disaster than discontent.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Never be discontent with the life you've been dealt, be discontent with the way you're living it.

One whisper, added to a thousand others, becomes a roar of discontent

literature is the record of our discontent.

Until you get dissatisfied, you won't do anything to really move your life to another level. Dissatisfaction is a gem. If you're totally satisfied, you're going to get comfortable. And then your life begins to deteriorate.

Dismantling the architecture of my discontent

What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I'm no longer concerned about what happens in the literary marketplace. It is distracting and can lead to discontent.

The best things beyond their measure cloy.

The thirst to know and understand a large and liberal discontent.

it is only through a wholesome discontent with things as they are, that we ever try to make them any better.

he who seeks pleasure with reference to himself, not others, will ever find that pleasure is only another name for discontent.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets

What is more miserable than discontent?

Human anger is a higher thing than what is called divine discontent. For you must be angry with something; but you can be discontented with everything.

Tragedy is chic but discontent is dowdy.

Mankind has only one science… its the science of discontent.

I am a retiring, silent, unsociable, and discontent person.

Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.

Civilization creates discontents; barbarism creates quick endings.

I was comfortable in all, I admit, but at the same time, nothing satisfied me. Each joy made me seek another.

Poor in abundance, famish'd at a feast.

Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.

I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I challenged them to do and dare anything.

The number is less than that of 2004, but major fatal accidents have aroused considerable public discontent.

All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.