“Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints.” WayMayHardSilenceAcceptingHard WorkComplainingDustSmokeExtrasMinorsComplaintsAnnoyedAggravationDraughtAlways Complaining Book:Osler's Source: Osler's
“It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. Personally I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born, yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.” KnowsMindMayEndsEnoughCareLostWishEasyBornAcceptingAtheismReturnIllusionRateIntellectPositive AtheismComplainingImmortalityRemoveSugarOblivionCraveFear NotFear NothingPlumsElysium Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy, even condescending to accept pity. Such persons never realize that the very ones to whom they are complaining are often struggling under a burden greater than their own.” PeopleIfsPersonsOpportunityRealizingAcceptingStruggleGreaterTroubleBurdenComplainingPityPenaltiesConcealedBeggingExhibitsCondescending Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of candidates would such people elect?” PeopleKindLyingAcceptingPoliticianRefuseComplainingCandidates Author:Thomas Sowell