"Do you know the hallmark of a second rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no in..."
- 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 out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has ..."
- Matthew Kelly
"Greatness begins where mediocrity ends."
- Debasish Mridha
"Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere, y..."
- Charlotte Brontë
"EpitaphDen Tigern ertrann ichDie Wanzen nährte ichAufgefressen wurde ichVon den Mittelmäßigkeiten."
- Bertolt Brecht
"The reason why one man is great and another man is living in mediocrity is simply because one understood the value of time while the other did not."
- Sunday Adelaja
"Those who do not continuously seek knowledge are content to settle for mediocrity."
- Keith Allan Moore
"Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success."
- Ryan Lilly
"I trust that you are aware that today’s success is tomorrow’s mediocrity. This means anything appealing today will be appalling tomorrow."
- Israelmore Ayivor
"To become a better you, admit that you were not born for the floor. Refuse to embrace mediocrity anytime anywhere."