Quo Quotes

272 Quo quotes by 226 unique authors

Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart. — Malcolm Gladwell
The most dangerous ideas are not those that challenge the status quo. The most dangerous ideas are those so embedded in the status quo, so… — Jacob M. Appel
You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night. — Seth Godin
Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future. — Seth Godin
Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try… — John P. Kotter
Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any… — Alex Steffen
We know - intellectually - that confronting an issue is the only way to resolve it. But any resolution will disrupt the status quo. Given… — Margaret Heffernan
When you begin the process of unhooking from the outer world, you can find literally hundreds of places where you have given your power away… — Debbie Ford
World conditions challenge us to look beyond the status quo for responses to the pain of our times. We look to powers within as well… — Marianne Williamson
Every threat to the status quo is an opportunity in disguise. — Jay Samit
If you want to thrive in today's economy, you must challenge the status quo and get the financial education necessary to succeed. — Robert Kiyosaki
Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. — Jane Elliott
Our thoughts about the future go far toward creating it; our minds and hears are like filaments taht connect today to tomorrow, they are conduits… — Marianne Williamson
If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else. — James Wolfensohn
Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning. — Marshall Ganz
Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people. — Seth Godin
Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Women challenge the status quo because we are never it. — Cindy Gallop
Because the artist deals in future realities, he always seeks improvements or changes in the existing reality. This makes the artist, inevitably and invariably, a… — L. Ron Hubbard
When we are more energized by the practice of blaming than we are by efforts to create transformation, we not only cannot find relief from… — Bell Hooks
Don't assume that God will always work in your life the way He always has. A sunset is proof that God colors outside the lines.… — Beth Moore
The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare - one that… — George Soros
There is a clear difference between sexist parody and parody of sexism. Sexist parody encourages the players to mock and trivialize gender issues while parody… — Anita Sarkeesian
I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it? — Sheldon Adelson
The greatest crisis of our lives is neither economic, intellectual, nor even what we usually call religious. It is a crisis of imagination. We get… — Marc Gafni

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