I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everything about mediocrity kills me.
The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.
Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.
When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
We live in an age of mediocrity.
My fears are agitated to an extreme degree and the dread of death involves me in a stupor of chilling indisposition.
Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.