Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."
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Grumbling
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Marlene Dietrich
Actress, Singer
"Grumbling is the death of love"
Joyce Meyer
Author, Speaker
"You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy."
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"Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms."
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"It's not a question of God 'sending' us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud."
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"He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself)."
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"Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they will lead a miserable life, and everything will be a failure. But those who do their duties as they go, putting their shoulders to the wheel, will see the light, and higher duties will fall to their share."
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"Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority."
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"When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mouth and say what God's Word says, rather than grumbling and complaining about the problem."
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"Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot."
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