Quotes of: Mediocre-men Keyword

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

Orison Swett Marden

The call of distinction cannot be heard by the average, neither can the vision of distinction be seen by the eyes of the mediocre.

Onyi Anyado

A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.

Orrin Woodward

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

Pope Francis

Life is too short to chase perfection, yet too long to be satisfied with mediocrity.

Russell Eric Dobda

Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success.

Ryan Lilly

Imitating someone is the mediocre way of getting humanity back to what we evolved from.

Shubham Choudhary

There are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria.

Mario Batali

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

Friedrich Nietzsche

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well.

Sean William Scott

I'd rather write one good book than ten mediocre ones.

Donna Tartt

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

John Corigliano

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

Eric Hoffer

Nothing is as approved as mediocrity, the majority has established it and it fixes it fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.

Blaise Pascal

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

George S. Patton Jr.

The mediocre leader tells. The good leader explains. The superior leader demonstrates. The great leader inspires.

Gary Patton

Everyone wants a prodigy to fail; it makes our mediocrity more bearable.

Harold Bloom

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

Joe Nichols

There's never been a better time to let the leaves of mediocrity fall from your tree of life.

David Ault