All Quotes, Mediocrity

30+ Mediocrity Quotes

Mediocrity is common. Mediocrity is the way of accepting not being excellent. Mediocrity is not suitable for creativity. This is a collection of quotes on mediocrity and mediocrity sayings.


We live in an age of mediocrity. - Lauren Bacall
Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice. - Rutherford B. Hayes
Media, the plural of mediocrity. - Jimmy Breslin
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. - Charles G. Dawes
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. - Natalie Clifford Barney
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment. - William Arthur Ward
Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. - David Bowie
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Arthur Conan Doyle
When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity. - Maximillian Degenerez
The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets. - Anne Rice
Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. - Margot Fonteyn
Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity. - Suzi Quatro
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. - Scott Alexander
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Arthur Conan Doyle
Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed. - Hans Magnus Enzensberger
The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets. - Anne Rice
Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. - Benjamin Disraeli
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. - Roberto Benigni
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people. - Joseph Joubert
The only sin is mediocrity. - Martha Graham
Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. - Ayn Rand
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. - Hugh Blair
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. - Robert G. Ingersoll
Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better. - Gordon B. Hinckley
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. - Margot Fonteyn
It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence. - Matthew Kelly
Mediocrity is underrated. - Mary-Louise Parker
When you tolerate mediocrity, you get more of it. - Frank Sonnenberg
Malice is only another name for mediocrity. - Patrick Kavanagh
Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius. - Fulton J. Sheen
The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence. - Eric Thomas
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. - Max Beerbohm
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