Noun
Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.
The cause of pleasure or joy.
The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.
Source: Webster's dictionarySuccess breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. Andy Grove
It was the slave's continuing desire for recognition that was the motor which propelled history forward, not the idle complacency and unchanging self-identity of the master. Francis Fukuyama
Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency. Franz Kafka
Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency. Lennox Lewis
I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy. Wynton Marsalis
The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness. Vincent Massey