"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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"No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches."
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"It's really easy to complain. If you're not careful, then you end up complaining about your whole life. Concentrating on the good things is really good. Catch people doing good."
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"Look forward to where you want to be and spend no time complaining about where you are."
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"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young."
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"We make our own problems every time. Everything that we complain about is something we can solve."
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"Don't complain to others about your troubles. Half of them don't care and the other half are glad."
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"I like to complain and do nothing to make things better."
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"When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his."
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"When you see anyone complaining of such and such a person's ill-nature and bad temper, know that the complainant is bad-tempered, forasmuch as he speaks ill of that bad-tempered person, because he alone is good-tempered who is quietly forbearing towards the bad-tempered and ill-natured."
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"As long as we complain, we remain stuck in our problems. But a thankful attitude brings deliverance and makes God smile."
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"Acceptance means no complaining, and happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing."
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"Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself."
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"Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation."
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"Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone."
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"Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing."
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