#Complacency Quotes

“Security is the chief enemy of mortals.”

“The only way to coast is downhill.”

“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.”

“There are many people who live in what I call 'No-man's Land,' a place where you're not really happy, but you're not unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place. It's a place where people numb themselves to their dreams. It's where they dismiss hope and accept what's in front of them instead of driving toward what they really want in life.”

“Most people aren't really happy, but they aren't unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place to be.”

“Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don't know any better.”

“There's an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.”

“One of the biggest threats to success is success itself. When you get a little bit ahead, it's all too easy to become complacent and to quickly lose what you have gained.”

“I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.”

“Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.”

“It is a sad fact that because of comfort, complacency, a morbid fear of communism, and our proneness to adjust to injustice, the Western nations that initiated so much of the revolutionary spirit of the modern world have now become the arch-antirevolutionaries.”

“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.”

“There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”

“Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.”

“They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.”

“Complacency is the enemy of study.”

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

“The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.”

“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.”

“There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off.”

“We are born dead, and we are becoming more and more contented with our condition. We are acquiring the taste for it.”

“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.”

“A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.”

“Easy roads make sleepy travellers.”

“In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments.”

“You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy.”

“It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think some of their criticism is misguided.”