Quotes About Complacency

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

Terri would have made the perfect wife for Bob – they could have simply slept their way through married life. Rip van Winkle and Duchess Anaesthesia, the lost, sleepy daughter of the Romanovs.

he was not a person to whom things simply happened. His life had been lived in some kind of neutral gear, he had never broken a limb, never been stung by a bee, never been close to love or death. He had never strived for greatness, and his reward had been a small life.

Pam wasn't what Gloria would have called a friend, just someone she had known for so long that she had given up trying to get rid of her.

I thought sooner or later someone would start saying it had gone too far, but it just kept on, and no one said anything. I

It is essential, then, to keep one's attention focused on the present; to guard against any complacency creeping in on account of what one may have achieved in the past.

we are all much too complacent about the great wonders that surround us. I mean, all this we've been talking about. Treaties and boundaries and reparations and occupations. But Mother Nature just carries on her own sweet way.

Can't believe they're running when they're not even late. This used to be a nice, lazy class.

You're just a young kid. What are you doin' here? You oughta be out in a convertible, why… bird-doggin' chicks and bangin' beaver. What are ya doin' here, for Christ's sake? What's funny about that? Jesus, I mean, you guys do nothin' but complain about how you can't stand it in this place here and then you haven't got the guts just to walk out!

There are people whose souls have just withered, people who are willing to go along with anything evil - anything so as not to be suspected of disagreeing with whoever is in power.

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 don'ts-it's falling in love with God.

And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weedThat rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf.

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

Yvan's a very tolerant bloke, which of course, when it comes to relationships, is the worst thing you can be. Yvan's very tolerant because he couldn't care less.

And then I think that while America was busy patting itself on the back and beating its chest,

She was so lazy she would order Zoe to pick her nose for her, though of course Zoe always said 'no'. Sheila could even let out a groan while changing channels with the TV remote.

The Path Of Least Resistance Is Littered With The Corpses Of The Bored To Death

The brillant person who does not take heed is the same as the ignorant who does not know.

While ignorance might be bliss, apathy can be deadly.

Uno tiene que ponerse a la faena. El mundo está lleno de perezosos y de pesimistas que nada consiguen porque a nada se aplican, después se permiten quejarse y se sienten frustrados y alimentan su resentimiento hacia lo externo.

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and smug in "the social," our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.

Ví dob?e, že provedení ur?ité skladby, zejména pomalé, vyžaduje výdej fyzické síly, ?emuž se radši vyhne. O? lepší je ležérní p?ístup - ten nedávno k dokonalosti, když zkomponoval doprovod k Ronsardovi na duši jen pro levou ruku, nebo? p?edpokládal, že sám bude prava?kou kou?it.

Pride can easily cause us to nod our heads in agreement at God's Word and yet not allow it to gain traction in our hearts and minds. Complacency is one of the Christian's worst enemies.

You're driving me NORMAL!