Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers. — Horace Copy Share Image
Mediocrity is always invisible until passion shows up and exposes it. — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, "If you are going to keep company… — Gary Player Copy Share Image
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
I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
No one will ever follow you down the street if you're carrying a banner that says, Onward toward mediocrity. — Martin de Maat Copy Share Image
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity. — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it. — George Lois Copy Share Image
Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Measures should be enacted which, without violating the rights of property, would reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Anthony and I are putting together a company where we won't lose our jobs based on quarterly earnings and can afford to… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
“It drives me crazy how quickly the great ones get canonized. 'Blah-blah-blah is such a terrible loss.' Does that mean that the… — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity… — Elizabeth Price Copy Share Image
“Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
Follow your bliss. That which you love you must spend your life doing, as passionately and as perfectly as your heart, mind… — George Lois Copy Share Image
There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. There is no denying that the human creature… — Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
Oh maturity's a wrapped up package deal so it seems And ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams All your friends… — Frank Turner 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
