There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When mediocrity becomes the accepted norm, excellence dies a painful death. — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
There is nothing worse than being mediocre at a whole bunch of different things. — Stephen A. Smith Copy Share Image
Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed. — Hans Magnus Enzensberger Copy Share Image
“Creativity is fragile; if you don't nurture it, it can die, leaving you recycling old ideas and pretending they're fresh. It's a… — Lee Silber Copy Share Image
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble. — Courtney Love 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
It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which… — Cesare Lombroso Copy Share Image
I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that… — Ernst Lubitsch 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
“The shortest route between where I’m at and where I want to go is a straight line. However, if where I want… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
At every turn you have to find a new kind of self-sovereignty over your environment. Every kid I see is at the… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity… — William Hurt Copy Share Image
Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“When you lower the definition of success to such a level that any person can reach it, you don’t teach people to… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The characteristic note of our time is the dire truth that, the mediocre soul, the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be mediocre,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity--no better, no worse.… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. — Seth Godin 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
“The tragedy of mediocrity is that even mediocre people shake their heads and mull over how standard are falling. - Serious Men” — Manu Joseph 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
The industrial age brought compliance and compliance brought fear and fear brought us mediocrity. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
