Top 25 Discontent Quotes of 30

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

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

J. I. Packer

Dishonor, Discontent, Savior

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

Anna Freud

Faults, Discontent

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

Aneurin Bevan

Arise, Discontent

David A. Reisman, Aneurin Bevan (1996). “In Place of Fear”, Pickering & Chatto Publishers

Discontent is the catalyst for change.

Mike Murdock

Catalyst For Change, Catalyst, Discontent

Mike Murdock (2012). “1 Minute Businesswoman's Devotional”, p.199, Wisdom International Inc

There is no greater disaster than discontent.

Laozi

Taoism, Disaster, Discontent

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

Aesop

Happiness, Attitude, Discontent

Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.83

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

Mike Donehey

Way, Discontent

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

Julie Garwood

Discontent, Thousand

Julie Garwood (2011). “The Secret”, p.234, Penguin

literature is the record of our discontent.

Virginia Woolf

Records, Literature, Discontent

Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.2014, Delphi Classics

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.

Tony Robbins

Moving, Levels, Discontent

Dismantling the architecture of my discontent

Paul Auster

Architecture, 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.

Sefi Atta

Writing, Stay Focused, Discontent

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The best things beyond their measure cloy.

Homer

Discontent, Best Things

Homer (1796). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.81

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

William Watson

Curiosity, Discontent, Thirst

William Watson (1899). “The Collected Poems of William Watson”

What is more miserable than discontent?

William Shakespeare

Miserable, Discontent

William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Richard III, with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field”, p.15, Classic Books Company

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

Susan B. Anthony

Change, Trying, Discontent

Lynn Sherr, Susan B. Anthony (1995). “Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words”, Crown

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

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Names, Pleasure, Discontent

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1833). “The Book of Beauty: Comprising a Collection of Tales, Poems, &c”, p.36

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.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Anger, Divine, Discontent