Mediocrity Quotes
473 Mediocrity quotes by 345 unique authors
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Channel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it.
— Rory Vaden
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In an age of militant mediocrity, an 'extremist' is anyone who takes a position.
— John Loeffler
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Self-disciplin e is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With…
— Brian Tracy
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The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The…
— Napoleon Hill
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The human spirit lives on creativity and dies in conformity and routine.
— Vilayat Inayat Khan
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There, I was just a secretary-shaped confederation of atoms, fighting the inevitability of mediocrity and decay. But here, in the Juliaverse... energy was never lost,…
— Julie Powell
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Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.
— J. Irwin Miller
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This generation, our generation of people who benefited, must always be the pioneers who look to younger people and say mediocrity is not accommodated in…
— Trevor Manuel
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The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An…
— Colin Powell
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In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity
— Keith Ferrazzi
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Your woman knows your weaknesses better than anybody. She knows where you will falter and give up. She knows the degree of mediocrity you will…
— David Deida
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But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content with being mediocre;…
— Rafe Esquith
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Yes, I believe sincerely that every man has consummate genius within him. Some appear to have it more than others only because they are aware…
— Glenn Clark
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You have to surrender to your mediocrity, and just write. Because it's hard, really hard, to write even a crappy book. But it's better to…
— Cheryl Strayed
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The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be.…
— Og Mandino
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Defending mediocrity is exhausting.
— Seth Godin
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When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.
— C.S. Lewis
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If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then.…
— Vincent Van Gogh
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Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous mediocrity; rather it…
— Robertson Davies
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Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.
— Sydney J. Harris
Who Wrote These Mediocrity Quotes
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