Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is an error common to many artists, who strive merely to avoid mistakes, when all our efforts should be to create… — Edward Steichen 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
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
There has been an obvious effort to play it safe, to make 'Bonanza' a good family show that would offend no one… — Pernell Roberts Copy Share Image
Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting. — Nick Murray Copy Share Image
At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
When Americans decry our politicians, we must remember that ultimately, politicians reflect us. When we demand more than mediocrity - and the… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school… — Dan Gelber Copy Share Image
Do something remarkable or accept being the mere statistic that you have always been awarded. — Tsepiso Makhubedu Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
Follow your bliss. That which you love you must spend your life doing, as passionately and as perfectly as your heart, mind… — George Lois Copy Share Image
If we have given everything we can, you are not settling for mediocrity because the better team won. Sometimes you have to… — Alun Wyn Jones Copy Share Image
It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relationships, this creates an atmosphere of spiritual mediocrity that paralyzes a person's noblest… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
