“Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best”
Max Beerbohm
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Albert Einstein
“The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.”
William Arthur Ward
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”
Andrew Carnegie
“When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters”
Ayn Rand