Negligence is the act of not giving enough attention or care to something or someone. Quotes about negligence often highlight the importance of being vigilant and responsible. They remind us to avoid being careless and to take proper steps to prevent mistakes or harm. These quotes serve as a reminder that negligence can lead to negative consequences and that it is crucial to be mindful and attentive in all aspects of life.
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. — John Stuart Mill
Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance. — Thucydides
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. — Richard Whately
The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. — Plutarch
Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. — Jim Rohn
I cannot allow such a fool to make his fortune by destroying my poor name. — Antonio Vivaldi
In your effort to attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged and nothing gets its due. — Gary Keller
At some point in the relationship, you are going to become complacent. It happens to all of us. — Corey Wayne
Experts are more interested in what they did wrong – so they can fix it – then what they did right. — Angela Duckworth
When you have a big lead, you relax and don’t concentrate as much. — Stephen Hendry
Don't use time and words carelessly - neither can be retrieved. — LeCrae
Boy, you better treat me carefully. — Cardi B
The perceived risk and actual risk are two different things. — Naved Abdali
Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it. — William Shakespeare
Negligible Quotes
Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent, or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this. — Huldrych Zwingli
Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent. — Bridget of Sweden
The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. — Adam Smith
Shortsighted things that people sometimes do for their individual self-interest don’t tend to work out well in the long run. — Edward O. Thorp
A large company’s need to bring in a new chief executive from the outside is a damning sign of something basically wrong with the existing management. — Philip Arthur Fisher
Bitcoin is the first software network capable of storing all the monetary energy in the world with no loss of power over time and negligible transmission loss. Assuming broad adoption, that would make it the most valuable invention of the modern era. Few understand this. — Michael Saylor
A lot of what we ended up doing and focusing on was a distraction, to some extent, from one unbelievably important area that we completely failed on and that was risk. — Sam Bankman-Fried
Truth and facts are woven together. However, sometimes facts can blind you from seeing what is actually going on in someone’s life. — Shannon Alder
How heron comes It is a negligence of the mind not to notice how at dusk heron comes to the pond and stands there in his death robes, perfect servant of the system, hungry, his eyes full of attention, his wings pure light — Mary Oliver
Buying a company without having sufficient knowledge of it may be even more dangerous than having inadequate diversification. — Philip Arthur Fisher
Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work. Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons. Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him. — Watchman Nee
With government-issued money with negligible value as a commodity, salability can be compromised by the governments that issued it, declaring it no longer suitable as legal tender. Indians who woke up on November 8, 2016, to hear that their government had suspended the legal tender status of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes can certainly relate. In the blink of an eye, what was highly salable money lost its value and had to be exchanged at banks with very long lines. — Saifedean Ammous
Multitasking takes a toll. At home or at work, distractions lead to poor choices, painful mistakes, and unnecessary stress. — Gary Keller
The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders, who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others - with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means. — Henry Grady Weaver
When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. — Simone Weil
The risk-is-gone myth is one of the most dangerous sources of risk, and a major contributor to any bubble. — Howard S. Marks
If the management has not performed well in their bad times in the past, chances are they will not perform well in their good times in the future too. — Vijay Kedia
I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations. — Aristotle Onassis
If God exists, not seeking God must be the gravest error imaginable. If one decides to sincerely seek for God and doesn't find God, the lost effort is negligible in comparison to what is at risk in not seeking God in the first place. — Blaise Pascal
Sometimes things go right by accident, and you are left with the dangerous illusion that it was your doing. — Michael Abrashoff
Here then is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy. — R. C. Sproul
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war. — George S. Patton
We (Muslims) have no right, in our present misery, to boast of past glories. But we must realise that it was the negligence of the Muslims - and not any deficiency in the teachings of Islam - that caused our present decay. — Muhammad Asad
Look, I screwed up. I was the CEO of FTX. I was responsible ultimately for doing the right things and I mean, we didn’t. We messed up big. — Sam Bankman-Fried
Do not count losses in trading opportunities as loss in profits. The shorter the time one has to hold the stock before it is sold, the more palpable the error in buying it. — Thomas Phelps
Finding out which physician had lost the smallest percentage of his practice through death would not be a good way to pick a superb doctor. — Philip Arthur Fisher
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession. — Samuel Gompers
No matter how good fundamentals may be, humans exercising their greed and propensity to err have the ability to screw things up. — Howard S. Marks
Everyone who asks something of God and does not receive it doubtless does not receive it for one of these reasons: either because they ask before the time, or they ask unworthily, or out of vainglory, or because if they received what they asked they would become proud or fall into negligence. — John Climacus
Most Americans don't know about environmental problems, because we have in our country a negligent and indolent press. The biggest lie that the right wing holds in our country is that there is such a thing as a liberal media. Americans are getting their news from the right-wing media. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook. — Robert Henri
A perfect track record can almost certainly mean that you are also letting a lot of good opportunities pass you. — Thomas Phelps
In Conclusion
Quotes about negligence also emphasize the need for accountability and the potential impact of negligence on others. They stress the idea that being negligent not only affects us but can also harm those around us. These quotes encourage us to take responsibility for our actions and to be mindful of the consequences they may have. They serve as a reminder to prioritize safety, caution, and attentiveness in order to avoid negligence and its potential negative outcomes.
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