Complacency Quotes

193 quotes by 174 authors

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves. — Francis of Assisi
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed… — Aesop
I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ. — Jimmy Carter
If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. — Nick Cave
The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not a cause for complacency or… — Michael Chertoff
Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor… — Edward de Bono
I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure. — Og Mandino
Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair. And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to… — Wallace Stevens
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and our own sins.… — Francis of Assisi
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique. — Don Meyer
Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple; in that of… — Charles Lamb
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It… — Mark Helprin
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its… — John Stott
The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living… — Benjamin E. Mays
We have only two modes - complacency and panic. — James R. Schlesinger
On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in… — Sidney Blumenthal
To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in… — Sarah Ellis
The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency. — Joe Kinnear
Complacency is a continuous struggle that we all have to fight. — Jack Nicklaus

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