The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment. — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
“It is a terrible moment when you realise you’ll never do all the best things this world can offer; that you’ll never… — Django Wylie Copy Share Image
Channel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it. — Rory Vaden Copy Share Image
Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
“Without self -discipline, potentials are useless and mediocrity becomes the plague of life.” — CLEMENT OGEDEGBE Copy Share Image
A mismatched outfit, a slightly defective denture, an exquisite mediocrity of the soul-those are the details that make a woman real, alive.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft… — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
I got a feeling that after six years of disappointment, of mediocrity and decline, a slow course correction is not what voters… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
“The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if… — Eric Zorn Copy Share Image
We're constantly getting these messages to mind our own business and look the other way if we want to be well liked,… — Kelly Cutrone 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
I am aiming for greatness because being good sometimes it's just not good enough. — London Mond Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning thinking...this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There's no time for mediocrity. This… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
“An important step in escaping mediocrity is to stop worrying about what other people think of you.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
This Western culture of ours tends to sacrifice the full range of experience to a lower common denominator that's acceptable to more… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image