Mediocrity Quotes

473 Mediocrity quotes by 345 unique authors

The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the… — Theodore Roosevelt
In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far,… — Benjamin Cardozo
A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly. — Georges St-Pierre
A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee… — Dan Gelber
It is so much worse to be a mediocre artist than to be a mediocre post-office clerk. — Rudolf Bing
The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things. — James C. Collins
It is difficult to preach, this morality of mediocrity! It may never admit what it is and what it wants! It must speak about restraint… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius, the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings which will bear it farther than… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he… — Emile M. Cioran
There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall exist below a… — Ronald Reagan
We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. — Pope Francis
The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies… — John W. Gardner
There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. — Paul Gauguin
Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it… — William E. Gladstone
Only the mediocre are always at their best. — Jean Giraudoux
Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. — Ellen Glasgow
The only sin is mediocrity. — Martha Graham
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. — Charles Horton Cooley
All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around… — James F. Cooper
There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee. — Benedict Cumberbatch
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. — Isaac D'Israeli
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. — Benjamin Disraeli
Little things affect little minds. — Benjamin Disraeli
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Arthur Conan Doyle

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