Mediocrity Quotes

473 Mediocrity quotes by 345 unique authors

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity. — Roy H. Williams
Be the best, but get ready to be attacked. Only mediocrity is safe. — Paulo Coelho
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity. — Brian Tracy
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. — William Blake
You have to have a habitual vision of greatness ... you have to believe in fact that you will refuse to settle for mediocrity. You… — Cornel West
Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough. — Joel Osteen
Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles. — Og Mandino
Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are the achievement in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Indifference to love or hate is sitting on the fence between the two, refusing to engage either one of them. Indifference, if it had its… — Mark R. Woodward
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What's the point of being realistic? It's unrealistic to walk into a room, flip a… — Will Smith
It is very difficult to be like the other guy, to be ordinary. Mediocrity takes a great deal of energy. But to be ourselves is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren't special. The universe does not revolve around you; this planet isn't privileged in any unique way; your… — PZ Myers
Like a weighted diver sinking in an oceanof mediocrity, under the pressure of men withgelatin eyes, rubber voices, spiral-shapedconvictions, non-committal souls and non-committinghands ... — Ayn Rand
After a period in which technocrats attempted to become stars and stars to become politicians, the political void has been occupied by the force of… — John Ralston Saul
Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre. — Joseph Joubert
I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity. — Bill Veeck
I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour. — Ani DiFranco
Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity. — Neil Simon
I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only… — Frank Herbert
Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this kind of artistic… — Patrick Kavanagh
The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king! — Jay Electronica
People rise and fall to meet your level of expectations for them. If you express skepticism and doubt in others, they will return your lack… — John C. Maxwell
Dividing meager resources across a host of medium term operational goals creates mediocrity on a broad scale. — C. K. Prahalad
No one will ever follow you down the street if you're carrying a banner that says, Onward toward mediocrity. — Martin de Maat
Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity. — Charles Ives

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