Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness."
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Andrew Carnegie
Industrialist, Philanthropist
"The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle."
Jackie Kennedy
First Lady
"We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them."
Henri Nouwen
Theologian, Author
"My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writer, Journalist
"It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything."
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"Your mantra is thank you. Just keep saying thank you. Don't explain. Don't complain. Just say thank you. Say thank you to existence."
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"Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have."
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"Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many."
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"A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks."
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"Never complain. Never explain."
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"Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."
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"Never complain and never explain."
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"I am what you designed me to be.I am your blade. You cannot now complain if you also feel the hurt"
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"The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him."
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"The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything."
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"Complain and remain. Praise and be raised."
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"Pray when you feel like worrying. Give thanks when you feel like complaining. Keep going when you feel like quitting."
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"He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. - Ben Franklin"
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"These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for."
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"I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else."
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"You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person."
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"If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on."
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"You must be willing to take whatever pieces of life come your way and arrange them so that they work with and for you rather than against you. The key is to be willing. The willingness to arrange rather than complain or make excuses will pay off."
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"Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land."
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"The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem."
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