The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it. — George Lois Copy Share Image
A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity. — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity. — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
No one will ever follow you down the street if you're carrying a banner that says, Onward toward mediocrity. — Martin de Maat Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
How often have we all come to that crucial point in a painting where it is practically 'begging' us to stop before… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've relaxed my feelings about other companies performing my works. I have never in principle been against my ballets being danced by… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
“If you are working in a team, do not expect an outcome of your excellence. It will be an average of all… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
The artist is today and has been for many years, despite his absence of merit, simply a spoiled child. So many honors,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What's the point of being realistic? It's unrealistic to walk into a… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It is unethical not to know. It is unethical not to think. It is unethical not to love. It is unethical not… — Yasuhiko Kimura Copy Share Image
“If we’re honest, what makes something impossible is not our fear. Rather, it is our indifference.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more. — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Soon as you ask someone how they are and they give you a hint of mediocrity or less, say, 'The Universe wants… — Ace Antonio Hall Copy Share Image
“Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Our country is slowly but surely moving - and I've seen it over and over again in many instances in government -… — Elijah Cummings Copy Share Image
We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it. — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence,… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Forget the fountain of youth, pal of mine. You can live to be a thousand, and it won't matter. Mediocrities like you… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Democrats would pull the ladder from aspiring Americans and create a permanent status of government-run mediocrity. — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Mediocrity never goes away - but neither, I hope, do those who are willing to challenge it. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
If you want to be average, do what others do. If you want to be awesome, do what no one does. — Alexander Den Heijer Copy Share Image
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The greatest secret in the world is that you only have to be a small measurable amount better than mediocrity ...and you've… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity. — Allan Sloan Copy Share Image
Mediocre men sometimes fear great office, and when they do not aim at it, or when they refuse it, all that is… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Always remember, the future of all of our tomorrows will be reflected by how we react to the mediocrity and apathy of… — George Kincses Copy Share Image
