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Quotes about Mediocrity

Time wasted rationalizing the mediocre could be time spent creating the magnificent.
— Jen Sincero
The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.
— Johnny Iuzzini
We live in an age of mediocrity.
— Lauren Bacall
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was
— Joseph Heller
We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.
— Herbert Hoover
We'll only really know we've succeeded when a mediocre woman does as well as a mediocre man. You shouldn't have to be extraordinary. That's the point!
— Gloria Steinem
You can't talk mediocrity and expect to have victory. You are prophesying your future. If you want a shift to occur, you've got to think positive.
— Joel Osteen
Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
— Harry S. Truman