Quotation Explorer - 'Complain'

Most complain about dried up lawns; others envy a neighbor's green lawn, but winners learn from all lawns while cultivating their own. - Orrin Woodward
Don't complain but compliment.Don't compete but empower. - Debasish Mridha
I was starting to hate my sixteenth birthday. A poufy white dress and a cake with roses made out of pink icing and awkward dancing with boys in awkward suits was starting to sound like a great alternative. Seriously. Sign my up, I wouldn't even complain. - Alyxandria Harvey
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.' - Earl Warren
I won't lie—I don't care.And you should quit trying to deceive yourself because I can tell by the way you show no desire to do anything but complain about the issue that you don't honestly care either. - Richelle E. Goodrich
But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant’s grip one’s faculties rise in revolt and one pays for outward calm with an almost unbearable inner struggle. - Charlotte Brontë
The masses who complain about bad leadership must first check their unbiased choices. - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Never ever continue to complain of lack of time all the time for no one is in possession of all the time. - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Those who complain never love, those who love, never complain. - Debasish Mridha
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain. - William Shakespeare
If you aren't diligently working towards changing something that bothers you, you rescind your right to complain about it. - Rob Liano
Those focused on the future don't complain about their past; those complaining about their past aren't focused on their futures. - Orrin Woodward
There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME! - Morrissey
Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life. - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Yvette had never talked about her marriage - she was a smart girl, and she knew you had no right to complain about someone you got all the way to the altar with. You made that choice, even if you were a child when you did it, and the marriage vow was sacred. - Maile Meloy
Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. - Abraham Lincoln
Always forget to complain, but never forget to appreciate and compliment. - Debasish Mridha
Would you marry me and love me forever because I'm a man. Think twice and don't complain later. :D - nugas
There are oceans of things to discover, to explore, to learn, to invent, to create in this world; especially with its modern possibilities offered. So, I don't understand when people complain they’re bored and have nothing to do. - Sahara Sanders
Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself. - Roseanne Barr
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married? - Barbra Streisand
The art wouldn’t complain if we leave her alone. Losing a touch with art, however, is losing a touch with our imagination. - Pawan Mishra
Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain - Henry Ford
We keep our eyes tightly shut and complain that there are no lights. - Debasish Mridha
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another. - W.H. Auden
Don`t complain, Don`t compromise. - Jaachynma N.E. Agu
The modern man is usually in a hurry to get to a destination from which he will sooner or later suffer from and at times complain about boredom. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Those who do not complain are never pitied. - Jane Austen
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves. - Gordon B. Hinckley
Never complain. Never explain. - Katherine Hepburn
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained. - Edward R. Murrow
In life don't complain about anything ifyou're the reason for the outcome - Christian Ortiz
It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians. - John Hersey
Complain and remain. Praise and be raised. - Joyce Meyer
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. - Benjamin Franklin
People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between! - Charlotte Eriksson
I am so busy being kind today that I have no time to complain. - Debasish Mridha
That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain. - Markus Zusak
Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him. - Miguel de Cervantes
When people complain me that, they suffer a lot my answer will be the same forget your past, live with present and don't wait for your future. - Piyush Paudyal
We often focus on what is wrong and complain that nothing is beautiful. - Debasish Mridha
Don't complain that your life is boring. It is because you never did anything exciting. - Erika Woods
To find the beauty of life, don’t complain, compliment. - Debasish Mridha
If you need true friend 'a cup of tea can be' it gives you company, listen without complain and makes you fresh anytime,anywhere - Rahul Bodkhe
Why is it people will complain, when they have an open door, where they can walk out to and gaze the stars; rather than having a closed door to lock them in? - Anthony Liccione
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. - Samuel Johnson
Those who love, never complain, but those who don't love, always complain. - Debasish Mridha
If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off. - Agatha Christie
Three things to give up to be happier: 1. Never complain, condemn, or criticize. 2. Give up anger, fear, and resentment. 3. Give up the desire to impress and control others. - Debasish Mridha
Life is too magnificent to complain. - Debasish Mridha
Those who complain much get little, those who complain little get much. - Jeanette Coron
The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason , so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty. - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin
Thank your customer for complaining and mean it. Most will never bother to complain. They'll just walk away. - Marilyn Suttle
When my children complain that I'm forgetful, I remind them that DAD is just ADD spelled sideways. - Harvey Stanbrough
Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem. - Paulo Coelho
If you know how blessed you are, you will never ever complain. - Debasish Mridha
Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something. - Dejan Stojanovic
Don’t complain about difficult situations. They contain in them the motivation to succeed. - Chinonye J. Chidolue
To be a great success detect the problem, find the solutions, never complain, but never forget to compliment someone. - Debasish Mridha
With new hope.We build new lives.Why complain when it rains?This is what it means to be free. - Lawson Fusao Inada
The old who refuse to die merely on principle live on forever, to hate life and complain of all the things they could have been spared had they the good sense to die young. - Michelle Franklin
After death, I will lose my opportunity to complain so I will accept everything with love. - Debasish Mridha
One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him. - Immanuel Kant
It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature. - John von Neumann
Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why complain about the perseverance needed to become a well-balanaced and truly compassionate human being? - Matthieu Ricard
People who don't exercise their freedom of voting (choosing their leaders) are irresponsible. Such people have no right to complain or want more than what they are receiving from the government. Intentional failure to vote is cowardly, irresponsible and a sign of ignorance. - Allan Amanyire
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie
The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them. - Agnes Repplier
If we could see the beauty and miracle of transformation that happens to us every second, we would never complain again. - Debasish Mridha
If we fear to open our eyes during the day time, we will complain that life has nothing to offer except darkness. - Debasish Mridha
Clouds can never hide the sun forever; so don't complain about clouds but never forget to welcome the sun. - Debasish Mridha
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. - Joe Walsh
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. - Benjamin Franklin
Never criticize, complain or condemn. Never forget to appreciate with love what is good in a person. - Debasish Mridha
Never complain or criticize; no one deserves it. - Debasish Mridha
Don’t use your words to criticize, condemn, or complain; us your words to appreciate, inspire, and empower. - Debasish Mridha
Don’t complain, don’t explain. - Raymond Carver
Sometimes am so worried,i complain to God that He's not been listening to my prayers,and then my son comes and says,"hey dad,why are you not mom?"ilook at him and say,God.you've already answered my prayers with the best..who knows whats on the way for me?. - Matovu Jonathans Eriah
We complain that the world is an ugly place to live and grow; we never learn to see the beauty of the world. - Debasish Mridha
A fool always finds something to complain about, and a wise person always finds something to appreciate. - Debasish Mridha
If you were given the chance to be reborn after your death, buy you could only come back as a squirrel, would you complain? - Peter James West
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it change your attitude. Don't complain - Maya Angelou
Change like a treeWhen it is winterDon’t complain or fearJust wait for the spring To bloom and sing - Debasish Mridha
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works... - J. R. R. Tolkien
If you fail in life’s journey, just don’t complain. Make it a part of your journey. - Debasish Mridha
Forget to complain; just be kind and compassionate. - Debasish Mridha
We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them. - William Arthur Ward
The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all. - G. K. Chesterton
Turn to the wind, I dare youFor time is but a space that is capturedLive in fear or peace, which will you?For none shall stand at easeIn fickleness of all human natureYou will fear while in peace and complain while in fear. - F.N.Collier
Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them. - Bill Maher
We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain. - Giacomo Casanova
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin
You can complain because roses have have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
How can you find time to complain if your life is always changing? - Debasish Mridha
If I were to complain about complainers. Am I a culprit comparable conveyor? Let go of the anger. It’s crimping my colossal contentment. - JT Sanz
If you accept working for 'peanuts' don't complain when you're treated like a monkey. - Rob Liano
Goto, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers.
I am a speck of dust in an ocean of time, floating with the waves of change, vanishing with the infinite. I have no time to complain, condemn, or criticize because I am so busy loving, enjoying, appreciating, and being kind. - Debasish Mridha
To help someone, don’t criticize or complain. Find what he does better and compliment him. - Debasish Mridha
as a child i used to complain to my father about not having toys and he would say (calvero points at his own head) this is the greatest toy ever created. Here lies the secret of all happiness. - Anonymous
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties, but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but exceeds the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile. - William A. Warden
Don’t complain. Be a good person in this wrong world and transform it. - Debasish Mridha
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once. - G.K. Chesterton
Some people feel the coolness of winter and complain. Some people endure, enjoy, and wait for spring. - Debasish Mridha
If you complain about small calamities, Allah will give you great calamities. - Anonymous
If women are breadwinners and men bring home the bacon, why do people complain about having no dough? I'm confused. Also hungry. - Stephen Colbert
When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity. - Michael Bassey Johnson
When all one person do is complain, people don't want to talk or listen to them. - Jonathan Anthony Burkett
Tobak Davenport, who is a cross between some Sugar Puffs and Lynn Faulds-Wood, was squatting there before being removed by the local constabulary after he went round to complain about Luther Blisset’s pet turkey fouling the communal herb garden. - St John Morris
While teachers often complain that their students seem to do very little thinking, teachers who simply follow the manual should understand that they are actually contributing to the problem. Students seldom learn to think under the tutelage of teachers who do not think either. - Donovan L. Graham
Don't make excuses for your mistakes.Don't try to please your enemies.Don't run from your responsibilities.Don't force your opinions on others.Don't complain about things you can change.Don't compare yourself to anyone.Don't let undeserving people into your life. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Never complain; never forget to compliment. - Debasish Mridha
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie
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. - Thomas Fuller
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. - Og Mandino
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. - Brian Tracy
Don't complain because it is very difficult to be successful but rather be happy because there are many opportunities to be a success. - Debasish Mridha
To win, don’t compete. To love, don’t complain. To be kind, don’t judge. - Debasish Mridha
Complain to one who can help you. - Yugoslav Proverb
Don't stand in traffic and complain about all the cars. - Andreas Codispoti
If you choose to walk through the fire, why do you complain it's hot? - Anthony Liccione
Don't complain if your're facing hard moments in life. Challenge yourself to face it, challenge yourself to beat it. - Jayson Engay
Live,Die,Kill but don't complain! - Anonymous
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. - Maya Angelou
Time never changes—we change. We complain that time is the culprit which forces us to change. - Debasish Mridha
Never complain, condemn, or criticize; just show them how to do better. - Debasish Mridha
Why do people complain when your crabby but the moment there crabby you tell them to stop moaning they moan so fuckin unreal - emma mckenzie
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