Mediocrity Quotes

473 Mediocrity quotes by 345 unique authors

Just as King Midas turned everything to gold, Stalin turned everything to mediocrity. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run,… — Daniel H. Pink
Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no… — Dan Millman
Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when… — Ayn Rand
We don't want to think about our weaknesses. We don't want to talk about them, and we certainly don't want anyone else to point them… — Matthew Kelly
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. — Colin Powell
Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do. — Paulo Coelho
. . .nothing could eclipse the stain of his dirty, mortal mediocrity. — Madeline Miller
If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure… — Paulo Coelho
To be popular one must be a mediocrity." "Not with Women," said the duchess, shaking her head; "and women rule the world. I assure you… — Oscar Wilde
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. — Max Beerbohm
The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness.… — Fulton J. Sheen
One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn’t it rather tragic to find men and women, with brains capable… — Neil Gaiman
Most humans, in varying degrees, are already dead. In one way or another they have lost their dreams, their ambitions, their desire for a better… — Og Mandino
Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for… — Paulo Coelho
Our sadness won’t be of the searing kind but more like a blend of joy and melancholy: joy at the perfection we see before us,… — Alain de Botton
Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less… — Amelia Barr
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve. — Frank Herbert
Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities. — Oscar Wilde
I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure - the failure that… — Claire Messud
Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible.… — Lou Holtz
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. — William Lyon Phelps
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal. — James F. Cooper
Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of… — Wendell Berry

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