Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
Today I begin a new life. Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
“All people are standing; you got to standout! All people are breaking grounds; you got to breakthrough grounds! Don't settle for less;… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
If you make a difference, people will gravitate to you. They want to engage, to interact and to get you more involved. — Seth Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a prodigy to fail; it makes our mediocrity more bearable. — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Change makers take risks and are ready to die for excellence than to give excuses and live for mediocrity.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
... one doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“What will make you great today will never make you great tomorrow! The airplane that Wilbur and Orville Wright invented in 1906… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Apathetic people sit back and wait for things to get better before they move. Radical people make things get better, by how… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Why is it that when a baby is born, we often refer to him or her as 'the miracle of life' but… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
... beauty, like ecstasy, has always been hostile to the commonplace. And the commonplace, under its popular label of the normal,has been… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
A plate of food hits the table, lands right in front of you. One of two things happens. Either you sit up… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
There is no greater path to mediocrity in life than trying to be realistic. — Sean Plott Copy Share Image
Nobody rises above mediocrity unless they use the brains of other people. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Fine is the very definition of mediocrity. It's what's polite. It's what's socially acceptable. We need to live brighter and deeper than… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of… — Buck Rodgers Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll, for me, is another award for underachievers. It is nothing but a testament to mediocrity. — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
