Self Complacency Quotes

“Pride,’ observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, ‘is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“There is a prevalent idea that it does a man a lot of good to be shaken out of his rut of self-complacency, but I have never quite understood how it benefits him except to make him uncomfortable and irritable.

[Edgar Hopkins]”
― R. C. Sherriff

“Orang lain tidak akan membuat kita lengkap. Kita juga tidak akan melengkapi siapa-siapa. Orang harus jadi utuh dulu sebelum memasuki kehidupan orang lain. Kalau tidak utuh, ia akan jadi parasit. Ketidakutuhannya akan melahirkan banyak kebutuhan. Kebutuhannya akan menuntut dipenuhi oleh inangnya.”
― Venerdi Handoyo, Pemetik Bintang