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Mediocre People Quotes

There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs Picture Quote #1

You don’t achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely Picture Quote #1

Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of ‘em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that’s the promise to some people Picture Quote #1

Dear young people, let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God! Picture Quote #1

We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don’t like high-achievers and high-achievers don’t like mediocre people Picture Quote #1

Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can’t fly. They despise brains because they have none Picture Quote #1

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In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing to do with IQ. Also, the idea that intelligence can be gauged by an IQ test is erroneous Picture Quote #1

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time Picture Quote #1

If you hire mediocre people, they will hire mediocre people Picture Quote #1

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people Picture Quote #1

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent Picture Quote #1

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time Picture Quote #1

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High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre Picture Quote #1

High achievers don’t like mediocre people, mediocre people don’t like high achievers Picture Quote #1

Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people Picture Quote #1

This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane Picture Quote #1

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity Picture Quote #1

... mediocre people find their way into positions of authority... because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think Picture Quote #1

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Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong Picture Quote #1

I believe that creativity is a product of intelligence. I don’t believe that creative work can be produced by fools, dullards, or mediocre people, except in the rarest of accidents. Creativity is a product of desire, thought, experience, experimentation and inner conviction. Taken together, these five qualities imply intelligence and commitment Picture Quote #1

Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what you are going to tell them; when, in their turn, they begin to speak, they repeat to you with the greatest confidence, as if dealing with their own property, the things that they have heard you say yourself at some other place. A capable and superior look is the natural accompaniment of this type of character Picture Quote #1

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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs. (Mediocre People Quotes) You don’t achieve greatness in life being surrounded by mediocre people with mediocre values. Choose your company wisely (Mediocre People Quotes) Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of ‘em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that’s the promise to some people (Mediocre People Quotes) Dear young people, let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God! (Mediocre People Quotes) We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don’t like high-achievers and high-achievers don’t like mediocre people (Mediocre People Quotes) Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can’t fly. They despise brains because they have none (Mediocre People Quotes) In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing to do with IQ. Also, the idea that intelligence can be gauged by an IQ test is erroneous (Mediocre People Quotes) Only mediocre people are at the best all the time (Mediocre People Quotes) If you hire mediocre people, they will hire mediocre people (Mediocre People Quotes) Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people (Mediocre People Quotes) Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent (Mediocre People Quotes) I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time (Mediocre People Quotes) High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre (Mediocre People Quotes) High achievers don’t like mediocre people, mediocre people don’t like high achievers (Mediocre People Quotes) Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people (Mediocre People Quotes) This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: they allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence. They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane (Mediocre People Quotes) Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity (Mediocre People Quotes) ... mediocre people find their way into positions of authority... because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think (Mediocre People Quotes) Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong (Mediocre People Quotes) I believe that creativity is a product of intelligence. I don’t believe that creative work can be produced by fools, dullards, or mediocre people, except in the rarest of accidents. Creativity is a product of desire, thought, experience, experimentation and inner conviction. Taken together, these five qualities imply intelligence and commitment (Mediocre People Quotes) Mediocre people have an answer for everything and are astonished at nothing. They always want to have the air of knowing better than you what you are going to tell them; when, in their turn, they begin to speak, they repeat to you with the greatest confidence, as if dealing with their own property, the things that they have heard you say yourself at some other place. A capable and superior look is the natural accompaniment of this type of character (Mediocre People Quotes)