Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things. – Chinese Proverb
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another. – Aesop
Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. – E. M. Cioran
Discontent is the first necessity of progress. – Thomas Alva Edison
The discontented man finds no easy chair. – Benjamin Franklin
Let thy discontents be thy secrets. – Benjamin Franklin
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. – Benjamin Franklin
Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow. – Henry H. Haskins
Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. – Robert Herrick
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. – Eric Hoffer
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. – Soren Kierkegaard
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. – Jos
It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! – Luigi Pirandello
If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. – David Rockefeller
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. – Oscar Wilde
