Quotes About Complacency

It is by worrying about adversity that people survive; complacency brings catastrophe.

the living death of safety and stagnation.

God, I thank thee, I am not as the rest of men, or even as this publican. It is in that which is just cause for thanksgiving, it is in the very thanksgiving which we render to God, it may be in the very confession that God has done it all, that self finds its cause of complacency. Yes, even when in the temple the language of penitence and trust in God's mercy alone is heard, the Pharisee may take up the note of praise, and in thanking God be congratulating himself.

The once terrible was now commonplace, meaning that people accepted it as the norm and went on living, instead of getting needlessly agitated.

I saw the most beautiful cat today. It was sitting by the side of the road, its two front feet neatly and graciously together. Then it gravely swished around its tail to completely encircle itself. It was so fit and beautifully neat, that gesture, and so self-satisfied, so complacent.

People are sheep—cowardly, deplorable sheep.

The love of God should electrify us, push us to hunger, and stir a fiery passion in our bones that cannot be quenched. Consistent lack of emotion in our spiritual walk can often be defined in one simple word: complacency.

A complacent satisfaction in God may cause you to accidentally outwork all your religious friends.

If we get used to life that is the crime.

People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.

Orwell's fear was that Big Brother would always be watching you. Huxley's dread was that we would be too busy watching Big Brother on TV to care. There is no need to ban books if people are not reading them. If the people are entertained, they will also be docile.

Công th?c cho s? ngu d?t chung thân là: Th?a mãn v?i quan ?i?m c?a mình và hài lòng v?i tri th?c c?a mình.

My job is to cry cock-a-doodle-doo - and after that, I do not give a shit.

Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all.

My boss told me to get my butt in gear. I told him I was shiftless.

I can't do only goody-goody roles. I can't be complacent, I have to play characters in different genres.

She said things and I nodded. I didn't pay attention. She didn't pay attention to me. We floated through our days in that way.

I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one.

To make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Îns? în ceea ce îi priveÅŸte pe "prietenii cei buni", mereu prea comozi ÅŸi care, tocmai ca prieteni, îÅŸi închipuie c? au dreptul la comoditate, faci bine dac? le avansezi un loc de joac?, o aren? a nepriceperii lor: vei avea astfel pricin? de râs; - sau s?-i înl?turi cu totul pe aceÅŸti prieteni buni, - ÅŸi iar s? râzi!

To kind of go through life not caring is a spectacular attribute. It's one I wish I had.

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.

We're too complacent. We let things happen to us. And you don't have to let things happen to you. You can affect change.

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.