Whining Quotes

• Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.

  Og Mandino

  Pain, Self, Laughing

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• Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force That Pulls Dogs Toward The Groins Of Strangers.

  Dave Barry

  Dog, Tape, Fundamentals

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• Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

  Robert Burns

  Determination, Character, Adversity

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• You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.

  Og Mandino

  Winning, Self, Sound

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• What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Maya Angelou (1993). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, Random House Canada

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• A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Work, Rights, Credit

  W. E. B. Du Bois (2014). “The Problem of the Color Line at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: The Essential Early Essays”, p.59, Oxford University Press

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• We've turned into a whining society.

  Billy Corgan

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• Whining isn't a scalable solution.

  Seth Godin

  Solutions

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• One, two, three four five,
  All is well I am alive,
  Six,seven,eight nine ten,
  All is well, no whining then!

  Eugene Sue

  Eight, Two, Three

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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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• I can't stand whining.

  Hillary Clinton

  I Can

  "Who's the hardest politician? Ask Osama bin Laden ..." by Stuart Heritage, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2016.

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• My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more.

  Og Mandino

  Personality, Complaining, Want

  Og Mandino (1988). “The Greatest Salesman in the World: Featuring the Ten Vows of Success. The end of the story”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

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• I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners, crass landscape!! What a horror it is for a whole nation to be developing without the sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.

  Edith Wharton

  Beauty, America, Despair

  Edith Wharton, Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis, Nancy Lewis (1988). “The letters of Edith Wharton”, Macmillan Reference USA

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• I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.

  Ione Skye

  Class, Bravery, Challenges

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• I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone.

  David Sedaris

  Morning, Writing, Winning

  "Ask the Author Live: David Sedaris". Interview, www.newyorker.com. August 14, 2009.

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• Whining is anger through a small opening.

  Al Franken

  Inspirational, Opening

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• Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

  Albert Ellis

  Wise, Class, Neurosis

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• Innovative people have always been in high demand. Help those around you to develop that “never-say-die” attitude by developing it yourself. Make a decision, today, to outlaw complaining, whining and negative thinking in your own personality. And, a word of caution: if and when you are criticized for being so positive or as some call it, “unrealistic,” you will know you are on the right track.

  Bob Proctor

  Attitude, Thinking, Ifs And

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Dec 07, 2011

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• No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Optimistic, Misfortunes

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• There's no problem so big that whining won't make it worse.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Problem, Bigs, No Problem

  Richard Paul Evans (2014). “Richard Paul Evans: The Complete Walk Series eBook Boxed Set: The Walk, Miles to Go, Road to Grace, Step of Faith, Walking on Water”, p.465, Simon and Schuster

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• Democrats can't survive in any kind of adversity. Look at how they're crying and whining like a bunch of stuck pigs over the mean Russians.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mean, Adversity, Kind

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.

  Michael Keaton

  Motivational, Moving On, Thankful

  "Michael Keaton Gave An Incredibly Personal Acceptance Speech About His Tough Childhood" by Kirsten Acuna, www.businessinsider.com. January 12, 2015.

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• My first notebook was a Big Five tablet, given to me [at age five] by my mother with the sensible suggestion that I stop whining and learn to amuse myself by writing down my thoughts.

  Joan Didion

  Notebook, Mother, Writing

  Joan Didion (2006). “We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction”, Everyman's Library

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• No whining, no complaining about anyone. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Complaining, Lessons, Teach

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• I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Life, Thanksgiving, God

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