Joseph Heller - Albert Camus - Martha Graham - George Herbert - Andrew Carnegie - Robert Louis Stevenson - John Dewey -
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. Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre. Albert Camus
The only sin is mediocrity. Martha Graham
The sweet mediocrity of our native church. George Herbert
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. Andrew Carnegie
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. Robert Louis Stevenson
Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. And measuring originality by deviation from the mass breeds eccentricity in them. John Dewey, Democracy and Education, Section 13: The Nature of Method, Method as General and as Individual 1916