There is nothing worse than being mediocre at a whole…

It is so much worse to be a mediocre artist than to be a mediocre post-office clerk.

— Rudolf Bing

“Excellence is making a rubber shoe initially; later making a leather shoe; then later making a leather shoe with gold medal on top and…

— Israelmore Ayivor

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Mediocrity is a pit that swallows people who have rested on seats of complacency for long.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.

— Susan Sontag

“Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.”

— Victor J. Banis

“To simply survive appears to be the choice of the plodding hoards that wander all around me. Therefore, I’ve adamantly committed to never hoard…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive those who…

— Israelmore Ayivor

. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they…

— Prince Charles

We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even mediocre. In…

— Peter Drucker

“Too often, we put up with mediocrity, telling ourselves that later in life we’ll do what we want.”

— Daniel Willey

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

— Israelmore Ayivor

A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.

— John Edensor Littlewood

“If you stay passionate and committed, mediocrity will never be eager to befriend you.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.

— Agnes Repplier