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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another.
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You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
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The discontented man finds no easy chair.
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Let thy discontents be thy secrets.
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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
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The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.
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Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.
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Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
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If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.
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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
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Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there
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The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.
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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
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