Complacent Quotes · Page 3

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

— Gerald R. Ford

Now I have a third must-do on my list of things to do with cancer, and it's this: follow your gut, ask…

— Cynthia Nixon

I feel like it's dangerous to get complacent and celebrate too much... You can't get comfortable.

— Jessie Reyez

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

— Jodi Picoult

I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.

— Tommy Hilfiger

I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.

— Tracy Lawrence

[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it's a craft that can ... galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.

— Katie Couric

I do not believe that the majority of men in the world would like to hurt women, but they can be very…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“There is satisfaction in defeating an enemy. But one must never allow oneself to become complacent. There are always more enemies to…

— Timothy Zahn

Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing…

— Camille Paglia

There's still so much more to do. I can't sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get…

— Elizabeth Taylor

Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind…

— Pat Summitt

One needs to constantly read up, practice and work, irrespective of your profession. If I feel as an actor that I know…

— Sonam Kapoor

People are getting tired of being constantly on edge. Maybe that means they do let down their guard or that they're complacent.…

— John Manley

When it comes to meeting and attracting women, many men are resigned and complacent. We figure some guys were born with that…

— Neil Strauss

I've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, "Let's do this." I…

— Charlize Theron

Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do…

— Dan B. Allender

Those of us who witness the degraded state of the environment and the suffering that comes with it cannot afford to be…

— Wangari Maathai

The time is here for you to stand up for what you know is right. You must judge right from wrong. No…

— Margaret D. Nadauld

We take, and must continue to take, morally hazardous actions to preserve our civilization. We must exercise our power. But we ought…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

My whole life, people have been saying, "Why are you so angry?" and I didn't know what the hell they were talking…

— Fiona Apple

wanted to highlight that to a certain extent and go deeper into that direction. I also try to write each song in…

— Jason C. Miller

The publishing scene in India is evolving rapidly, and the key challenge is to keep reinventing oneself so that one does not…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.

— Edgar Wright

Faith is not complacent; faith is action. You don’t have faith and wait. When you have faith, you move.

— Betty Eadie

I am happy I have competition. It keeps me on my toes all the while and stops me from becoming complacent. So,…

— Ameesha Patel

I never thought I would get a National Award. For me, it was huge, and I got complacent.

— Dimple Kapadia

As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no…

— Dalai Lama

Don't ever get too comfortable, there's always room for improvement or replacement.

— Anonymous

I can't do only goody-goody roles. I can't be complacent, I have to play characters in different genres.

— Gautam Rode

“Enough with nonchalance in the name of practicality! Let us now rise as tornado and wipe out all apathy.”

— Abhijit Naskar

To me, to live is to fight. It's about persevering. It's about testing yourself. It's about not becoming complacent.

— Rashad Evans

I never wanna settle; I never wanna be complacent - I gotta outwork everybody.

— Poo Bear

My 'if it's not broken, don't fix it' type attitude might have held me back and made me complacent.

— Chris Weidman

If one is constantly challenged, one grows. If one becomes complacent, one stultifies.

— Catherine Stock

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.

— James Wan

It almost seems as if autumn were the true creator, more creative than the spring, which is too even-toned, more creative when…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

...and when I am negative, I will be negative only for as long as I have to be, until I can understand…

— Amy Ray

“The simple rule to abide by and become excellent is that “Don’t see what you have achieved yesterday with the same pleasure…

— Israelmore Ayivor