A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Suddenly feeling like your life's out-of-control, can be the worst feeling. Like things are coming at you from all directions.. total chaos..… — Kenneth W Griffin Copy Share Image
I think there is a disrespect for the mind that Trump, for example, exemplifies. His is a kind of strategic thinking that's… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
We do not by any means think it desirable that the kingdom of righteousness and peace should be established on earth (because… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of democracies, perhaps, that while visionaries are sometimes necessary to make them, once made they can be… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A Christian has no business being satisfied with mediocrity. He's supposed to reach for the stars. Why not? He's not on his… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Cooking saved my life! Sure, there were some miserable moments, but that was sort of the point, to find something challenging and… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have to surrender to your mediocrity, and just write. Because it's hard, really hard, to write even a crappy book. But… — Cheryl Strayed 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
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“Major Major had been born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“The only sin is mediocrity. (While widely attributed to Martha Graham she attributed this to her father)” — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
