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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.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
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" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters
"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters
