Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“I made a big mistake, and I didn’t use it to make my life better. I used it to be okay with… — Dan Pearce 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
Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a… — Fran Tarkenton Copy Share Image
"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Still, I kept writing. I had no guarantee that I would someday win awards for writing. Heavens, the only person during that… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles. — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
For I think it is the case with genius that it is not when quiescent so very much above mediocrity as the… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
You see it in schools all over... the concept that 'I'll be somewhat less than my best in order to make those… — Fiona Wood Copy Share Image
I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
“It is not until an age has receded into history, and all its mediocrity has dropped away from it, that we can… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
“Start lifting your brand off the ground with an excelling mentality becoming best at what you do. You can't afford to be… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Mediocrity is perhaps due not so much to lack of imagination as to lack of faith in the imagination, lack of the… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint. — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. — John Suckling 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
“What does it mean to be an 'open source' society? What does one mean when one says one has an 'open mind'?… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“Here we begin frank speculation. And since we are speculating, we'll use those powerful pseudo-laws, the Principles of Mediocrity and Minimal Assumption.” — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
