Quotes About Mediocrity

Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you're not failing from time to time, you're not pushing yourself. And if you're not pushing yourself, you're coasting.

Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances and start taking action towards the life you want. You have the power and the time to shape your life. Break free from the poisonous victim mentality and embrace the truth of your greatness. You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life!

Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.

Always remember, the future of all of our tomorrows will be reflected by how we react to the mediocrity and apathy of others today.

Do something remarkable or accept being the mere statistic that you have always been awarded.

Comtesse Molé did not justify the extraordinary reputation for intelligence that she had acquired, which made one think of those mediocre actors or novelists who, at certain periods, are hailed as men of genius, either because of the mediocrity of their competitors, among whom there is no artist capable of revealing what is meant by true talent, or because of the mediocrity of the public, which, did there exist an extraordinary individuality, would be incapable of understanding it.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.

La ley del gusto termina en la mediocridad, en una vida que dejó pasar las oportunidades de llenar este mundo de belleza, de verdad y de amor[6].

Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort.

We have more possibilities, more freedom, more options than any people who have ever lived. Yet there is more junk, more mediocrity, more garbage to sort through than ever, too.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity of agreeableness and genius, but leave me also my sincerity, my constancy, and my plain dealing; 'tis all I have to recommend me to the esteem either of others or myself.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

Lo más trágico no es ser mediocre pero inconsciente de esa mediocridad; lo más trágico es ser mediocre y saber que se es así y no conformarse con ese destino que, por otra parte (eso es lo peor), es de estricta justicia.

De modo que, perdida la esperanza de creerme inteligente o apasionado, me queda la menos presuntuosa de saberme sincero. Para saberme sincero he empezado estas notas, en las que castigo mi mediocridad son mi propio y objetivo testimonio.

vaya destapémonos a nosotros mismos dejemos que se evapore el tufo de egoísmo que nos condenan a una mediocridad inmóvil

la realidad es mucho más vulgar, más mediocre, más chata.

Die moeilikste ding op aarde om te aanvaar, buiten jou eie verganklikheid, is jou eie middelmatigheid.' – WILLEM PRINS (Misverstand)

Wearing pantsuits and respectably hemmed skirts of every imaginable pastel, she had verified, cross-checked, and researched her way into mediocrity

There's no in between-you're either good or bad. We were in between.

Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.

Dividing meager resources across a host of medium term operational goals creates mediocrity on a broad scale.