A Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss - Philosopher
September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart, in its cunning, quarrels with what is outside it, in order that it may deafen the clamor within.

Henri Frederic Amiel

There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants and the second loses what it has. There is no cure for the first but success and there is no cure at all for the second. The very worst of my vices and bad habits will abate of themselves if they are brought to an accounting every day.

Og Mandino

Discontented women dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Discontented men dream of finding a horny blond in the back seat ofa taxi.

Mason Cooley

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.

Marlene Dietrich

Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard.

Arthur Lynch

I never saw a discontented tree.

John Muir

It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God.

Thomas a Kempis

No disaster is worse than being discontented.

Laozi

As humans, we're such a discontented species. We're always trying to further ourselves, and you get all the way to the moon, and then it's just discontent. You want to go to Mars.

Ted Dwane

Jane Eyre "I desired more...than was within my reach. Who blames me? Many call me discontented. I couldn't help it: the restlessness is in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes.

Charlotte Bronte

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.