Application Quote by Spencer W. Kimball

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

— Baltasar Gracian

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

— Joseph Joubert

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

— Joseph Heller

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.

— Nelson Boswell

Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.

— Joseph Joubert

“The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.”

— Diana Waring

Error is multiform (for evil is a form of the unlimited, as in the old Pythagorean imagery, and good of the limited), whereas success…

— Aristotle

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“A worthy failure is more valuable than a mediocre success.”

— Kuo Pao Kun

Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for…

— Ed Bliss

'Mediocre' tends to mean 'undistinguished', while snobs enjoy their distinguishing hallmarks of style - how they wear clothes, use words, where they go and…

— James Hillman

Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in…

— Bobby Knight