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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.
I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.
I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.
I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?
The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.
Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
One of those things I never exactly cared for was that phobia of appearing to be rich. To become rich is a natural thing, a result of your work, that which you've done.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything about mediocrity kills me.