34 Quotes About Complaining

In our fast-paced world, it's all too easy to slip into the habit of complaining. Whether it's about the weather, endless work emails, or traffic jams, venting frustrations seems second nature. However, the power of words can shape our mindset and daily interactions. Embracing positivity over complaints can significantly impact our outlook on life. In this spirit, we’ve curated a collection of the top 34 quotes about complaining. These nuggets of wisdom offer insight and inspiration, encouraging us to find solutions and happiness in every situation. Dive in and discover how to transform grumbles into gratitude and challenges into opportunities.

1. “What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.” - Maya Angelou

2. “Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.” - Lou Holtz

3. “I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.” - Jane Wagner

4. “Don’t complain; just work harder.” - Randy Pausch

5. “Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? 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

6. “Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.” - Randy Pausch

7. “This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a standing ovation, but no-o-o-. Do you know why half the audience stood up?""To get a head start on the traffic," Bree said."To get a head start on the traffic," Antonia agreed in indignation. "I mean, here we are, dancing and singing our little guts out, and all those folks want to do is get to bed early. I ask you, whatever happened to common courtesy? Whatever happened to decent manners? Doesn't anyone care about craft anymore? And on top of that, it's not even nice.” - Mary Stanton

8. “She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.” - Tamora Pierce

9. “If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.” - Joe Konrath

10. “I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them.” - Pat Conroy

11. “If you find yourself about to complain, think of your many blessings and rejoice! Don't give the devil a ride today, because then he'll want to drive full-time. So, kick his attitude of complaining spirit out of your blessed zone. Don't give the devil NOTHING!!” - Anita R. Sneed-Carter

12. “Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.” - Criss Jami

13. “There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing.” - St. Augustine of Hippo

14. “A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.” - Lisa Kleypas

15. “If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out... Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.” - Randy Pausch

16. “He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.” - Wendell Berry

17. “You could at least complain,” I say. “I adore complaining. It calms the nerves.” - Franny Billingsley

18. “Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.” - Sigmund Freud

19. “A little leavening of dissatisfied temper will spread through a group and change outlooks.” - Elisabeth Elliot

20. “Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in their stockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in my stockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigars and slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?” - G.K. Chesterton

21. “pg. 231-232: They'd given me a minivan. They could have picked any car and they picked a minivan. A minivan. O God of the Vehicular Justice, why dost thou mock me? Minivan, you albatross around my neck! You mark of Cain! You wretched beast high ceilings and few horsepower!” - John Green

22. “He had shown her all the workings of his soul, mistaking this for love.” - E.M. Forster

23. “Complaining is truly my strongest weakness.” - Evinda Lepins

24. “Life is like a rollercoaster with highs and lows. So quit complaining about it and enjoy the ride!” - Habeeb Akande

25. “Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.” - Tullian Tchividjian

26. “God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains.” - George Sand

27. “When we complain about the weather, we are, in reality, murmuring against God.” - A.W. Pink

28. “Stop complaining and start living.” - Habeeb Akande

29. “The apprehension of this blessed truth (God's faithfulness) will check our murmurings. The Lord knows what is best for each of us, and one effect or resting on this truth will be the silencing of our petulant complainings. God is greatly honored when, under trial and chastening, we have good thoughts of Him, vindicate His wisdom and justice, and recognize His love in His very rebukes.” - A. W. Pink

30. “It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it.” - Eric Metaxas

31. “The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.” - Dale Carnegie

32. “He’s always complaining about the fucking recession and how the government is working against people like him. He calls himself working class, which I think is a bit ironic since he doesn’t work.” - Ida Løkås

33. “A belief is an absolute but arbitrary mental stance.” - Will Bowen

34. “The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.” - St. Francis de Sales