#complaining

God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains. ↗

— George Sand

#god #sorrow #strength #courage

When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain. ↗

— Criss Jami

#betterment #complain #complained #complainee #complainer

A belief is an absolute but arbitrary mental stance. ↗

— Will Bowen

#complaining #life

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

— Tamora Pierce

#followed #harassment #metaphor #metaphor

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 #energy #whining #attitude

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year. ↗

— Chris Christie

#am #balance #begin #budget #complaining

My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#about #approach #assured #being #community

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

— Shirley Chisholm

#ideas #implementing #make #progress #sidelines

I will never stop complaining. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#i #never #never stop #stop #will

When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#complaining #constantly #could #disappointed #fall