Quotes about Mediocrity

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

#Genius, #Mediocrity

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

#Genius, #Mediocrity, #Ridicule

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

#Geniu, #Mediocrity, #Ridicule

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

#Failure, #Mediocrity, #Success

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

#Mediocrity, #Poets, #Writers

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy....

#Being Cheated On, #Mediocrity

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

#Democracy, #Mediocrity

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

#Mediocrity, #Worth

Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating

#Mediocrity

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

#Genius, #Jealousy, #Mediocrity

The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre...

#Mediocrity, #Work Ethic

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

#Mediocrity