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Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but read more
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of read more
The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.