Mediocre Quotes - Page 2
High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre.
Guy Kawasaki (2015). “The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything”, p.145, Penguin
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Titles"
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Arthur Goldhammer (2004). “Democracy in America”, p.576, Library of America
Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.372, Simon and Schuster
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Richard Freeborn (1998). “Fathers and Sons”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA
When a sonnet is mediocre it is bad, for it should be sublime.
Giacomo Casanova (1997). “History of My Life”, p.143, JHU Press
Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.84, Penguin
Tom Peters (2010). “The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness”, p.8, Vintage
Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich (1992). “This is Orson Welles”, HarperCollins Publishers
1963 Of the FBI. The Presidential Papers,'Sixth Presidential Paper'.