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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.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
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.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
