The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence. — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
“There’s neither need nor justification to wallow in the trough of mediocrity.” — Stephen Lewis Copy Share Image
Pat answers to complex problems are the hallmark of intellectual mediocrity — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
“The reason why one man is great and another man is living in mediocrity is simply because one understood the value of… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public. — Anonymous 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
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
“We're all teased or pressured into conforming to the all-levelling social norms of mediocrity.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
If you recall when [John] Kennedy passed an edict, 'Every person you hire in the Post Office must be African American,' the… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
You don't hire for mediocrity. Instead, you bring people onto your team because you know that they'll make a valuable contribution and… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
“The movie creaked along, obvious and mediocre plot. Mediocre script, mediocre music. They ought to have sealed the thing in a time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Let us learn to accept ourselves-accept the truth that we are capable in some directions and limited in others, that genius is… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
If an historian be an unbeliever in all heroism, if he be a man who brings every thing down to the level… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“The sub-conscious mind is so powerful in such a way that even if you empty your mind of all its components, there… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Your close men friends should be willing to challenge your mediocrity by suggesting a concrete action you can perform that will pop… — David Deida 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 a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
It is so much worse to be a mediocre artist than to be a mediocre post-office clerk. — Rudolf Bing Copy Share Image
That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“The difference between excellence and mediocrity is time conversion” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity... — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence. — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
“I think you should see this as a blessing. A release from a lifetime of mediocrity.” — Cristina Alger Copy Share Image