(174 quotes found)
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Albert Einstein
“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”
Oscar Wilde
“Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William Arthur Ward
“"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters”
Ayn Rand
“The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.”
“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”
Andrew Carnegie
“It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us”
Isaac Disraeli
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
Jean Giraudoux
“Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.”
Walter Russell
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