Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose, think you are second class - think this… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
“Living a lifestyle of mediocrity will lead to more of the same if you don't change something now that can bring about… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Nobody really knows which is happening when the teacher closes the door. At worst, mediocrity. At best, miracles.” — Esmé Raji Codell Copy Share Image
If you've never been rocked back by the presence of purpose this poem is too soon for you. Return to your mediocrity,… — Buddy Wakefield Copy Share Image
Pumpkin pie is a living symbol of mediocrity. The best pumpkin pie you ever ate wasn't all that much different from the… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I am uncompromising to the point of huge dissension in the studio. And it's served me very well. My theory and my… — David Foster Copy Share Image
What the learned world tends to offer is one second-hand scrap of information illustrating ideas derived from another second-hand scrap of information.… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, ‘Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the… — Prince Charles 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
We must embrace the fact that if we don't commit to thinking and living differently than most people now, we are setting… — Hal Elrod 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
“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
I often ask myself: "What would Theodore Roosevelt do?" One can never know, of course. The ultimate contribution of consequential leaders is… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
The majority of people have successfully alienated themselves from change; they tediously arrange their lives into a familiar pattern, they give themselves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure -… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The American Naming Authority, a collective of women studying the effects of names on behavior, decrees that a name should only have… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
America's the great conundrum and the great dream and the great fascination: the new land, the new world, the new temple, the… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Given, a man with moderate intellect, a moral standard not higher than the average, some rhetorical affluence and a great glibness of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There is no greater path to mediocrity in life than trying to be realistic. — Sean Plott Copy Share Image
In the Future, Greatness will be lost in the vast sea of mediocrity. — Liam E Turner Copy Share Image
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