Complacency Quotes

193 quotes by 174 authors

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. — Robert Quillen
Complacency makes one as guilty as those who destroy the Earth. — Tom Brown, Jr.
Overcoming complacency is crucial at the start of any change process, and it often requires a little bit of surprise, something that grabs attention at… — John P. Kotter
I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said. — Virginia Woolf
The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they cannot afford the… — Thorstein Veblen
I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of… — William Godwin
It often seems easier not to move on; even the muck and mire in which we're stuck seems less fearful and less challenging than the… — Betty Eadie
An audience shouldn't listen with complacency. — Peter Maxwell Davies
Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries. — Chuck Grassley
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency. — Diane Ravitch
The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind… — Mark Foley
You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much… — Ron Chernow
When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. — Rajneesh
As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war. — B. H. Liddell Hart
Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up to a whole… — Bobby McFerrin
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill… — Charles Caleb Colton
Progress toward a more abundant material life does not come like manna from heaven. . . . My message certainly is not one of complacency.… — Julian Simon
God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and… — Francis Chan
Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list. — John C. Maxwell
There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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