“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William Arthur Ward
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Albert Einstein
“The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.”
“Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.”
Warren G. Bennis
“The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness;”
Chinese Proverbs
“Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it”
Baltasar Gracian
“Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.”
Contributed by: George Lewis
Francois de La Rochefoucald