Quotes by Mediocrity The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man's. Ralph Waldo Emerson mediocritymusicmen The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. Rene Magritte atomsmediocritybombs Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity. Richard M. Nixon mediocritypoliticsgenius The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. Ralph Waldo Emerson doommediocrityhopeless Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me. Robert Downey, Jr. mediocrityscarethinking In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be. Robert Fritz mediocritygreatnessleader Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity. Robert Genn mediocritybattleartist A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity. Robert Schumann beginnersmediocritymasters We mistrust anything that too strongly challenges our ideal of mediocrity. Robertson Davies mistrustmediocritychallenges We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it. ... I will govern as a reformer. Rod Blagojevich mediocritycorruptionchallenges Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity. Robin Sharma masterymediocritysuccess Channel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it. Rory Vaden mediocrityemotionexcellence It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity. Roy H. Williams mediocritytalentcommitment What was alien was being ordinary, being humdrum, being trapped into appeasing...having to crush and stifle my opinions, not being allowed to be brilliant, tricking myself into mediocrity. Russell Brand mediocritycrushordinary There is no gap as wide as the one between mediocrity and genius. Rutvik Oza gapsmediocritygenius Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice. Rutherford B. Hayes mediocrityvirtuevices Among many parallels which men of imagination have drawn between the natural and moral state of the world, it has been observed that happiness as well as virtue consists in mediocrity. Samuel Johnson mediocrityimaginationmen You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality. Sarah Vowell mediocritygroupsindividuality There is no greater path to mediocrity in life than trying to be realistic. Sean Plott mediocritypathtrying I am incapable of mediocrity. Serge Gainsbourg incapablemediocritypride«678910111213141516»
