(193 quotes found)
“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.”
Fulton J. Sheen
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
Jean Giraudoux
“Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great”
Indian Proverb
“In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Some men are born Mediocre men, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them”
Joseph Heller
“Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating”
Icelandic Proverb
“The only sin is mediocrity.”
Martha Graham
“The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions - which time and mediocrity can solve.”
Hugh Trevor-Roper
“Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.”
Michael J. Gelb
