“Only the mediocre die always at their best. Real leaders are always improving- and raising their bar on how superbly they can perform and how quickly they can move”
“Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.”
“Only the mediocre are always at their best. ”
“Always aspire to mediocrity first. If you can do that, you’ll find you’re always moving up in life.”
“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”
“He was a mediocre man. He had led a mediocre life exceptional only in the magnitude of its unexceptionality. Now the world was mediocre, rendering him perfect. He asked himself: How can I die? I was always like this. Now I am more me. He had the ammo. He took them all down.”