I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache; and the night in drinking the wine that gives it. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Man spends his life in reasoning on the past; in complaining of the present; in fearing future. ~Antoine Rivarol


The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. ~Lord Jeffrey


You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache. ~Bernard M. Baruch


I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons is a Divine instinct. ~Robert Hugh Benson


Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations; cultivate the gift of taciturnity; and consume your own smoke with an extra draft of hard work; so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints. ~William Osler


The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. ~Randall Jarrell


When any fit of gloominess; or perversion of mind; lays hold upon you; make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. ~Samuel Johnson


I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain. ~Jane Wagner


Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns; be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb


Sweat silently. Let's have no squawking about a little expenditure of energy. ~Martin H. Fischer


Untold suffering seldom is. ~Franklin P. Jones


I can't complain; but sometimes I still do. ~Joe Walsh


In trying to get our own way; we should remember that kisses are sweeter than whine. ~Author Unknown


People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that you can't please. ~Will Rogers


To make a criticism is a bit like complaining about the shape of the Pyramids. ~Author Unknown


If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo; The College Blue Book


Oh; wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?? ~W.S. Gilbert


The world is so dreadfully managed; one hardly knows to whom to complain. ~Ronald Firbank