#Comfort Zone Quotes

“People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.”

“It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.”

“Swim out of your little pond.”

“Boats in the harbor are safe but that is not what they are meant for.”

“All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.”

“All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.”

“Why do people persist in a dissatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It's because they know changing will lead to the unknown, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they're already experiencing.”

“I think doing something that's different, that's out of your comfort zone is important.”

“Most individuals work much harder to hang on to what they have than to take the necessary risk to shoot for their dreams.”

“If you want to grow a muscle, you must lift something out of your comfort zone. Push beyond what is comfortable, if you don't there will be no growth.”

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”

“Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.”

“Until you get dissatisfied, you won't do anything to really move your life to another level. Dissatisfaction is a gem. If you're totally satisfied, you're going to get comfortable. And then your life begins to deteriorate.”

“There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.”

“Most of us tiptoe through life in order to make it safely to death.”

“To a frog that's never left his pond, the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he's giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. "I can't explain where I live, but someday I'll take you there."”

“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while.”

“Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.”

“Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have”

“And now I understand something so frightening &wonderful- how the mind clings to the road it knows, rushing through crossroads, sticking like lint to the familiar.”

“It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.”

“If you're always at the head of the class, then you're in the wrong class.”

“To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.”

“Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe”

“If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make, but while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause”

“Others are Ahead of me. I am continually Challenged. My focus is Forward. The atmosphere is Affirming. I am often out of my Comfort Zone. I wake up Excited. Failure is not my Enemy. Others are Growing. People desire Change. Growth is Modeled and Expected.”

“Leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone. When their work lies within their natural gifting and strengths, leaders experience the greatest return in productivity and contentment. Life is too short to live in the comfort zone, where growing and accomplishing and achieving your potential takes a back seat. I suggest you refocus if the comfort zone is your leadership priority.”

“If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.”

“If all you are going to do in life are the things that are convenient and comfortable, the great things never get done.”

“. . . escape is easier than change.”

“The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.”

“The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place.”

“Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.”

“Its matter was not new to me, but was presented in a new aspect. It shook me in my habit - the habit of nine-tenths of the world - of believing that all was right about me, because I was used to it.”

“People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.”

“We get Comfort from those who agree with us, butwe get Growth from only those who don't agreewith us !”