40 Quotes To Inspire You To Not Settle For Mediocrity

Mediocrity is the state of being ordinary, not special or unsatisfactory. This trait is fatal. Do what the majority of people do and you will end up being a slave. Take action and work on your dreams and goals. May these quotes inspire you to not settle for mediocrity and strive for greatness.

1. “Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself.” George S. Patton Jr

2. “Stop letting your fear condemn you to mediocrity.” Dr Steve Maraboli

3. “Something deep in the human heart breaks at the thought of a life of mediocrity.” C. S. Lewis

4. “The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.” Eric Thomas

5. “A life of mediocrity is a waste of life.” Colleen Hoover

6. “Don’t waste your life. No one chooses mediocrity but many settle for it. Never settle.” Anonymous

7. “Be fearful of mediocrity.” Jonathan Elery

8. “Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.” Will Smith

9. “The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.” Colin Powell

10. “Don’t settle for mediocrity. Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion. Rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It’s really worth it.” Brian Cranston

11. “You are born into genius. But have you resigned yourself to mediocrity?” Robin Sharma

12. “And they talked about the mediocrity of provincial life, so suffocating, so fatal to all noble dreams.” Gustave Flaubert

13. “Without enthusiasm, you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles.” Og Mandino

14. “Beware the mediocrity that threatens middle age, its limitations of thought and interest, it’s dullness of fancy, it’s too external life, and mental thinness.” Margaret Fuller

15. “Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.” Fulton J. Sheen

16. “Passionately protest mediocrity.” Anonymous

17. “The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.” Diana Waring

18. “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” Andre Carnegie

19. “Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.” Marlon Brando

20. “Don’t follow the crowd into a life of mediocrity. Take the road less traveled and live your dreams.” ATGW

21. “You will never see an eagle of distinction flying low with pigeons of mediocrity.” Onyi Anyado

22. “Once you have experienced excellence, you will never again be content with mediocrity.” Thomas S. Monson

23. “Only mediocrity escapes criticism.” John Steinbeck

24. “Better for everyone that you do what you’re really good at and love to do than be yet another example of mediocrity.” John Williams

25. “Mediocrity is the worst enemy of prosperity.” Henry Ford

26. “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” Albert Einstein

27. “Don’t settle for mediocrity when you were created for greatness. Know who you are.” Anonymous

28. “The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” Maureen Dowd

29. “Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.” A. W. Tozer

30. “Nobody rises above mediocrity unless they use the brains of other people.” Napoleon Hill

31. “My life goal is to silence the voice in my head that screams out for mediocrity.” Anonymous

32. “Are you really happy or just comfortable?” Anonymous

33. “Why is it that when a baby is born, we often refer to him or her ‘the miracle of life’ but then we accept mediocrity for our own lives? Where along the way did we lose sight of the miracle that WE are?” Hal Elrod

34. “Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.” Walter Russell

35. “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent easily recognizes genius.” Arthur Conan Doyle

36. “If you want to earn a million bucks a year, eliminate mediocrity from your thinking and your life.” John Assaraf

37. “Some men throw their gifts away on a life of mediocrity, great men throw everything they have into their gifts and achieve a life of success.” Greg Werner

38. “Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings.” Anonymous

39. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.” Robin Sharma

40. “The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.” Anonymous

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