Complaining Quotes

The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything, the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.

~ Hannah Whitall Smith

Those who complain much get little, those who complain little get much.

~ Jeanette Coron

The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect.

~ George F. Will

In spite of his painful encounters with the world and its problems, Solomon does not recommend either pessimism or cynicism. Rather, he admonishes us to be realistic about life, accept God's gifts and enjoy them. He advises us to trust God and enjoy what we do have rather than complain about what we don't have.

~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?

~ G.k. Chesterton

Teain had no difficulty generating the indignation of a satirist. He lack the patience of a reformer.

~ H.w. Brands

Don't let the disappointments of today kill tomorrow's blessings, destroy the negative flashes of pessimism, and focus on the mirror of optimism.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.

~ J.a. Konrath

If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.

~ Scott Hahn

Never allow carping critics to deter you from success. Instead, silence them with it.

~ Christian Baloga

The apprehension of this blessed truth (God's faithfulness) will check our murmurings. The Lord knows what is best for each of us, and one effect or resting on this truth will be the silencing of our petulant complainings. God is greatly honored when, under trial and chastening, we have good thoughts of Him, vindicate His wisdom and justice, and recognize His love in His very rebukes.

~ Arthur W. Pink

The hammer never complains of the noise.

~ Marty Rubin

If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out... Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.

~ Randy Pausch

Complaining is a complete waste of one's energy. Those who complain the most accomplish the least.

~ Robert Tew

When you say, ‘Women are untrustworthy bitches. They lie and cheat and will nail anything that moves.’ Do you know what I hear from your lips? Listen now, for I shall tell you. I hear you speak these words: 'I am an untrustworthy bastard. I lie and cheat and nail anything that moves.' André Chevalier

~ Nikki Sex

Matthew Arnold was a fastidious social critic and hence an accomplished complainer. When he died, an acquaintance said: Poor Matt, he's going to Heaven, no doubt – but he won't like God.

~ George F. Will

If you find yourself about to complain, think of your many blessings and rejoice! Don't give the devil a ride today, because then he'll want to drive full-time. So, kick his attitude of complaining spirit out of your blessed zone. Don't give the devil NOTHING!!

~ Anita R. Sneed-Carter

Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.

~ Andy Stanley

He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.

~ Wendell Berry

She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.

~ Tamora Pierce

Stop complaining, start contributing; stop crying, start smiling; and stop criticizing, start praising.

~ Vishwas Chavan

The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.

~ Dale Carnegie

There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing.

~ Augustine Of Hippo

Live,Die,Kill but don't complain!

~ Anonymous

Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.

~ Teddy Roosevelt

A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.

~ Lisa Kleypas

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

~ Laura Ingraham

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.

~ Mason Cooley

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

~ Samuel Johnson

In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.

~ Warren Farrell