Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure. — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By neglecting our garden, we are storing up for ourselves, in the not very distant future, a world catastrophe as bad as… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: the arts keep you alive. They stimulate, encourage, challenge, and, most of all, guarantee a future free from… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
There's a huge dichotomy between people who grow up with alienation, which, for me, was invaluable, and people who grow up so… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I think in my late 20s, I was starting to enter that realm of complacency, which is the most terrifying place I… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
... a relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With my own work, I've always tried at least to wake people up and shake them out of their complacency. And that's… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older… — Conor McPherson Copy Share Image
Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Pride looks back upon its past deeds, and calculating with nicety what it has done, it commits itself to rest; whereas humility… — James McCosh Copy Share Image
“Routine and predictable days are the breeding grounds for complacency.” — Wayde Goodall Copy Share Image
Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous... — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Walter Benjamin knew that the break in tradition and loss of authority which occurred in his lifetime were irreparable, and he concluded… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency. — Max Anders Copy Share Image
Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency. — David Myers Copy Share Image
Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I tried to learn from other athletes and boxers letting complacency creep in but I am only human at the end of… — Josh Taylor Copy Share Image
