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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
Everything about mediocrity kills me.
Mediocrity is underrated.
I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.
When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.
We live in an age of mediocrity.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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.