Complacent Quotes

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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.

I had some downtime with my career and I got complacent.

I know I will never let myself be complacent in life.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

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 forget all of your previous prosperity.

You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.

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

The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.

Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

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

When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And bad black lands— But the scene is grey.

The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent or despondent about our progress.

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.

It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

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

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

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

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is.

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.

In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.

I've never been the type of person to stick with the same thing or be complacent or rest on my laurels.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

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

I wake up every morning excited. Rather than become complacent or overwhelmed, I've made a choice for life - and I can do something about it.

Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent.

Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.

You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion - he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.

When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you've found a niche don't ever become complacent.

I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.

If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.

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

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls.

We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.

After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.

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

Don't be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path.

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

My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.

A complacent player is a lazy player, and a lazy player is a loser.

What is even more worrying still is George Osborne's breathtakingly complacent response to today's figures. This is a Chancellor who is in total denial.

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 complacent.