Quotes about Wake Up Call

Death is the final wake-up call. Votes: 6

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls. Votes: 6

I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways. Votes: 6

The economic downturn is our wake-up call to slow down, consume less, help each other, & live more! Votes: 5

A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless ... someone's got to make a wake up call. Votes: 5

It may just be that a true wake-up call creates a true shift in consciousness. My wake-up call left me no choice. I had to make dramatic changes. Sometimes changes just happen within you, it is the way you approach things. Everything else stays the same. Votes: 5

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of the world, are the great wake up calls to your true vocation in life... to ignore this, is in some sense, is to lose your soul. Votes: 5

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. Votes: 4

The loss of a job may be the wake up-call needed to redeem the fire of your genius. Votes: 4

We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them. Votes: 4

I have a dreadful feeling in my bones that future historians may write of the May 2014 elections: "This was the wake-up call from which Europe failed to wake up. Votes: 4

There's a rising level of frustration with the disconnect between where the vast majority of conservatives are in this country and how Congress is behaving. There's going to be a wake-up call sooner or later. Votes: 4

In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The impact is a wake-up call on every level. Votes: 4

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons. Votes: 4

The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action. Votes: 4

In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car while she went to buy liquor, she returned to find her daughter with tears running down her cheeks. The guilt and horror Ms. Robinson felt at this sight jolted her into sobriety. Votes: 4

If you've been driving for a little while and nothing's happened to you yet - and you've been texting and driving - you think, 'Oh nothing's going to happen.' But all it takes is an accident happening with one of your friends or God forbid, something happening to you, to really give you a wake-up call. Votes: 4

A lot of times, when young guys come up, you think you don't have to work as hard because the talent is going to get you as far as you need to go. But as you get older, it's not that way. An injury is really a wake-up call and a slap in the face that maybe you were slacking a bit, and don't let it happen again. Votes: 4

It's always a wake-up call to get beaten. Votes: 2

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call. Votes: 2

It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and collect medals. Votes: 2

I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs. Votes: 2

Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her. Votes: 2

Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide. Votes: 2

The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation. Votes: 2

Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is. Votes: 2

When I see my own people going through the tough times, it's a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else's decision to get out here and vote. Votes: 2

I think every guy that hits his 40s has a little bit of a wake-up call and wants to just keep things real, as they say, and just to push yourself. Votes: 2

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous. Votes: 2

I'm a fan of the power nap. About twice a week, I'll stretch out on a little couch in my office for 20 minutes. I don't need a wake-up call; I pop right up, feeling refreshed. Votes: 2

But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines. Votes: 2

Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in the wording. But those who talk of wake-up calls tend to have an easy-going way with words. Votes: 2

I read an article somewhere that stated 1 in 4 American women will be considered clinically depressed in their lifetime. This should be more than a gold mine for pharmaceutical companies - it should be a wake-up call. Votes: 2

As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh. Votes: 2

Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we're living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness. Votes: 2

Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs. Votes: 0

My 3am wake up call sounds a lot different now. Sweeter... Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump November 2016 could truly be the long-awaited wake-up call America desperately needs. Votes: 0

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call Votes: 0

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call." Votes: 0

Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value. Votes: 0

Every night I go to sleep with the hope to wake up next morning. How do I call it? Trust maybe~? Votes: 0

Have a baby, and you realize: The second you think you got sh-t figured out, you don't. It's the greatest wake-up call. Votes: 0

I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button. Votes: 0

[Bob] Dylan, like Johnny Cash and only a handful of others, simultaneously embodies the American dream and the harsh wake-up call that comes after it. Votes: 0

The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic. Votes: 0

I ordered a wake-up call the other day. The phone rang and a woman's voice said, 'What the hell are you doing with your life?' Votes: 0

I said to my husband, 'Why don't you call out my name when we're making love?' He said, 'I don't want to wake you up.' Votes: 0

Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams. Votes: 0

People are going to have to do a big reset. But this is a big wake-up call to the entire establishment, including the Democrats. And not just because of the failure. Votes: 0

There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen. Votes: 0

Most of all, I believe God has chosen to bless this series. In doing so, he's giving the country and maybe the world, one last, big wake-up call before the events transpire. Votes: 0

It's time for compassionate Americans to send a wake-up call to their members of Congress and demand passage of legislation to end the wholesale slaughter of America's horses once and for all. Votes: 0

It had been a wake-up call and now all she wanted was to keep her dad in sight and make sure he didn't eat too many Mars Bars or drink too much beer. Votes: 0

All the dangers in our world are like a blessed wake up call. They tell us to live life NOW... not tomorrow, not when the children grow up, not when we retire... but NOW. Votes: 0