In an age of militant mediocrity, an 'extremist' is anyone who takes a position. — John Loeffler Copy Share Image
The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment. — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
Show me someone content with mediocrity and I'll show you someone destined for failure. — Johnnetta B. Cole Copy Share Image
It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected. — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity. — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to… — Claude Monet 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
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“God doesn't call us to mediocrity. He calls us to a greater standard that doesn't teach us to tear people down to… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
After a period in which technocrats attempted to become stars and stars to become politicians, the political void has been occupied by… — John Ralston Saul 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
When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We offer them mediocrity while calling it magic. We offer them the illusion of intelligent software, seducing them into surrendering the task… — Larry Constantine 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
I don't think there's any problem with technology. Actually rewind that thought - there is a downside to affordable technology, and that's… — Don Letts Copy Share Image
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“As a Wrong Planet person you may at times appear to be unsociable. You’re often dispassionate when it comes to the activities… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn’t it rather tragic to find men and women,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Strive for perfection - never be content with mediocrity. You don't win until you conquer the little flaws. You don't beat these… — Bob Richards 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
We do not by any means think it desirable that the kingdom of righteousness and peace should be established on earth (because… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Your entire life begins to change the day that you decide you will no longer accept mediocrity for yourself. When you decide… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity. — Neil Simon 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
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
