We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
You can’t think thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel. The two don’t go together. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Everyone loves a prodigy [...]. Prodigies get us off the hook for living ordinary lives. We can tell ourselves we're not special… — Nathan Hill Copy Share Image
It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity. — Roy H. Williams Copy Share Image
As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible.… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
“To simply survive appears to be the choice of the plodding hoards that wander all around me. Therefore, I’ve adamantly committed to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
For every person seeking greatness, there are hundreds more charged with safeguarding mediocrity. If you want to be wealthy, stop taking financial… — Randy Gage Copy Share Image
If you want to earn a million bucks a year, eliminate mediocrity from your thinking and your life. — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
The virtues which keep this world sweet and the faithfulness which keeps it steadfast are chiefly those of the average man. The… — Walter Russell Bowie Copy Share Image
Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could… — Debbi Fields 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
He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image