Complacent Quotes
115 quotes by 108 authors
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As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Success lulls you. It makes the most ambitious of us complacent and sloppy. In a way, you have to cultivate a kind of amnesia and…
— Pat Summitt
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A complacent player is a lazy player, and a lazy player is a loser.
— Darryl Sutter
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A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.
— Harold Laski
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I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously.
— Barbara Hershey
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We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.
— Abraham Flexner
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The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative…
— Jonathan Ive
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Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.
— Blake Griffin
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Now I have a third must-do on my list of things to do with cancer, and it's this: follow your gut, ask questions, don't be…
— Cynthia Nixon
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Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will…
— Mark Twain
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I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried - who tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with…
— Paul Newman
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If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.
— Shelley Morrison
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Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God…
— Dan B. Allender
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Because life is short. I feel we’re made of a hunger, a desire for life – if that can be described as a material. As…
— Sarah Slean
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My coat and I live comfortably togther. It has assumed all my wrinkles, does not hurt me anywhere, has moulded itself on my deformities, and…
— Victor Hugo
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Those of us who witness the degraded state of the environment and the suffering that comes with it cannot afford to be complacent. We continue…
— Wangari Maathai
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Learn from the pros, observe them, seek them out as mentors and partners.…
— Colin Powell
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The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.
— John F. Kennedy
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What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is…
— Harlan Coben
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Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with…
— Spencer W. Kimball
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