Mediocrity Quotes · Page 15

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

— Sydney J. Harris

Mediocrity makes the most of its native possessions.

— Blaise Pascal

“I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure.”

— Ray Dalio

“Compromise is a sign you'll pass on your way to mediocrity.”

— Tim Fargo

Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity.

— C. S. Lewis

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

— Benjamin Disraeli

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

— Jon Taffer

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

— Jim Rohn

We have these ambitions that are very hard to accomplish because life puts us in our place. We have this battle with…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“To become a better you, admit that you were not born for the floor. Refuse to embrace mediocrity anytime anywhere.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

But none of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle…

— Margaret Benson

“The only sin is mediocrity. (While widely attributed to Martha Graham she attributed this to her father)”

— Martha Graham

We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard…

— Caryll Houselander

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.

— Fred Allen

If you want to be average, do what others do. If you want to be awesome, do what no one does.

— Alexander Den Heijer

How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before…

— Richard Schmid

I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to…

— Varg Vikernes

“As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I’m afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of…

— Henry Ford

If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15…

— Kim Cattrall

I think that Tupac was the trendsetter, the high mark. What we hope his music will continue to do is to at…

— Afeni Shakur

Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity…

— Rani Mukerji

nobody means to get carried away in mediocrity, but it happens, it happens unless you think about everything you do, unless you…

— Richard Bach

“Greatness is for those who work for it, Mediocrity is for those who accept it.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

— David Bowie

Literature is air, and Im suffocating in mediocrity.

— Armand Assante

I react very badly when mediocrity throws a tantrum of entitlement.

— Lee Siegel

Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.

— Ann Richards

Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity.

— Michael Eisner

“By definition, confusion is beneficial to mediocrity.”

— Laurence Cossé

Anything you do fearless, you do in mediocrity.

— Suzanne Evans

Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.

— Ellen Glasgow

Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity

— Will Smith

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

— Rita Mae Brown

“In order to pursue excellence one must recognize mediocrity.”

— Geoffroy Birtz

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

— William M. Winans

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

— Oscar Wilde

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

— Bill Veeck