“Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“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.”
“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”
Oscar Wilde
“Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.”
Walter Russell
“In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous”
Robert Green Ingersoll