What right have such men to represent Christianity—as if it were an institution for getting up idiots genteelly?
George EliotTags: mediocrity instituions ministry
We don't want to think about our weaknesses. We don't want to talk about them, and we certainly don't want anyone else to point them out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has a firm grip on the Church and humanity at this moment in history.
Matthew KellyTags: wisdom life mediocrity p51
The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.
Criss JamiTags: humor people cynicism funny cynic cynical boredom boring mediocrity activity contagious yawn bore yawning
Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.
Criss JamiTags: originality strange creativity disagreeable unusual misunderstood envy mediocrity intimidation creative odd original awkward outcast mediocre peculiar intimidating
I'd made it back to the land of the living. No matter how boring or mediocre a world it might be, this was it.
Haruki MurakamiTags: mediocrity worldview
Mediocrity comforts the masses. Mediocrity is a likeable attribute.
Shobhaa DéTags: simplicity mediocrity
He knows how to market himself well. Nowadays, that's all that seems to count. He's rebellious in a way that appeals to people with vain, shallow taste. So of course he manipulates his audiences with the blessing of his recording company and the financial investors behind his brand.
Jess C. ScottTags: music shallow vanity fame greed popularity rebellion rebel mediocrity marketing popular-culture commercialism corporate-culture popular corporate-greed corporate hype vainglory vain shallowness popstars commercialized commercialization fame-and-fortune shallow-apperances
The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness. Goodness does not cause hatred, but it gives occasion for hatred to manifest itself. The holier and purer a life, the more it would attract malignity and hate. Mediocrity alone survives.
Fulton J. SheenTags: wisdom life truth christianity faith catholicism catholic mediocrity p315
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
Robert G. IngersollTags: intelligence genius danger mediocrity republic
Often people that settle in life are those that only do what they can with what they have and where they are. Never settle for someone that didn't know your worth from the beginning, or build a life without God in it. Live beyond your low expectations.
Shannon L. AlderTags: goals purpose lies self-esteem confidence sorrow bravery relationships self-worth competition mediocrity marriages settling saddness living-a-lie false-love competing god-s-plan exboyfriends exgirlfiend jealous-woman
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