Mediocre Quotes

352 quotes by 281 authors

Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the emotional shock of… — Faye J Crosby
Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches. — Mark Rippetoe
In the contest between talent and hard work as to which is the more important element of success, there's no comparison. A mediocre talent with… — David Joyner
The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to the mind. The… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The next time you see a 16-color, blind-embossed, gold-stamped, die-cut, elaborately folded and bound job, printed on handmade paper, see if it isn't a mediocre… — Milton Glaser
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone… — Alan Turing
It's ironic that retailers and restaurants live or die on customer service, yet their employees have some of the lowest pay and worst benefits of… — Howard Schultz
Only mediocre ideas can be tested. — George Lois
If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants — Tony Judt
If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition. — Hugh B. Brown
I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones. — Donna Tartt
I am a very mediocre intellect, at best, and I am smarter than most people I know - and that terrifies me. — Doug Stanhope
Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results. — Warren Buffett
In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing… — Camille Paglia
Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre and conventional; to… — Joseph Pulitzer
Possibilities are completely different. When you ask 'what is possible?' you must stretch your imagination out of the confines of the familiar. To live a… — Nicholas Lore
Everyone has options. They are a fixed set of predetermined scenarios, points of view, perceived limitations that already reside in your data bank. If you… — Nicholas Lore
We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any… — Nick Saban
I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. I just despise to lose, and… — Woody Hayes
I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way. — Reed Hastings

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