Complainers Quotes

• It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

  Edmund Burke

  Errors, Liberty, Grumbling

  'Observations on...the Present State of the Nation' (1769)

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

  Mason Cooley

  Complaining, Literature, Complaints

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• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Leadership, Bullying, Funny Inspirational

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• Complaining not only ruins everybody else's day, it ruins the complainer's day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get.

  Dennis Prager

  Unhappy, Complaining, Ruins

  FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Dec 16, 2013

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• You can be a complainer. Or you can be an achiever. But you can't be both

  Robin Sharma

  Achiever

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Dec 24, 2013

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• Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.

  Simon Sinek

  Motivational, Leadership, Work

  Twitter post from Sep 19, 2012

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• A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

  William Arthur Ward

  Heart, Ungrateful, Complaining

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Gymnasts, lazy people, complainers and successful people have all practiced to be what they are good at. So if you keep practicing being lazy, you will be lazy. If you keep practicing complaining, you will constantly complain. If you practice compassion, generosity, patience, working hard and having a bigger vision, you will become better at it with time because you will create the causes to become better. You are practicing to become better.

  Tsem Tulku

  Buddhist, Inspiration, Successful

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• Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

  Grace Jones

  Believe, Decision, Complaining

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Happiness, Happy, Thinking

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• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Gratitude, Character, Self

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The fun-seekers, I noted, were spontaneous and flexible. They approached each day and each situation with a willingness to ride whatever wave came along, just for the experience of it. The complainers, on the other hand, would only catch a wave if it was exactly to their liking. Anything else drew loud protestations about how it was not what they expected.

  Alice Steinbach

  Fun, Hands, Each Day

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• Don't be a complainer; make things better, let it go, or take action to make it better.

  Tina Roth-Eisenberg

  Let It Go, Action

  "Interview with Tina Roth Eisenberg, Creator of Swissmiss". Apartment Therapy Interview, www.apartmenttherapy.com. May 16, 2012.

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  You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Inspiring, Ideas, African American

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• The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.

  James Allen

  Complaining, Facts, Shows

  James Allen (2016). “The James Allen Companion”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

  Rita Dove

  Life, Motivational, Time

  Interview with Jesse Kornbluth for "The Book Report", www.math.buffalo.edu. April 8, 1997.

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• When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Kindness, Complaining, Littles

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• If you're a sniveler, a whiner, a complainer, you will never be happy. We all have that side. Get a little stoical and just take the pain.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Pain, Buddhism

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• If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret.

  Jim Rohn

  Regret, Dust, Long

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 05, 2016

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• Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.

  Tony Blair

  Progress, Humans, Commentators

  "Tony Blair At Colby College: ‘Are We An Empire That’s Fading?’" by Hunter Stuart, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2012.

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• All complaining comes from pride.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christian, Pride, Complaining

  Twitter post from Apr 9, 2012

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• Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.

  Mason Cooley

  Happiness, Lost, Complaints

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• Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 30, 2016

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• It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.

  Stephen Fry

  People, Freedom Of Speech, Comedian

  "I saw hate in a graveyard - Stephen Fry" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2005.

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