Egotism is nature's compensation for mediocrity.
?L.A. Safian
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
?Sir Max Beerbohm
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract
the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
?Theodor Reik
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
?Charles G. Dawes
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
?Robert G. Ingersoll
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently
that which should not be done at all.
?Peter F. Drucker
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.
?Icelandic Proverb
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
?Jean Giraudoux
Not doing more than the average is
what keeps the average down.
?William M. Winans
Some men are born mediocre, some men
achieve mediocrity, and some men
have mediocrity thrust upon them.
?Joseph Heller
Over and over again mediocrity is promoted
because real worth isn't to be found.
?Kathleen Norris
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying,
losing, cheating, and mediocrity
is easy. Stay away from easy.
?Scott Alexander
Mediocre men often have the
most acquired knowledge.
?Claude Bernard
Not doing more than the average
is what keeps the average down.
?William M. Winans
