Mediocrity is self-inflicted; genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity has nothing to do with how you compare to other people; it’s simply a result of not making the commitment to continuously learn, grow, and improve yourself.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Excellence is nothing but an intolerance for mediocrity

The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

For I think it is the case with genius that it is not when quiescent so very much above mediocrity as the difference between the two might lead us to think, but that it has the power and privilege of rising from that level to a height utterly far from mediocrity: in other words that its greatness is that it can be so great.

Nothing is more ingenious, more obstinate, nastier—indeed, in a sense, more clear sighted, than mediocrity harrying every form of superiority that offends it.

La envidia es el homenaje que la mediocridad le rinde al talento.

Mediocrity is contextual.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. — Arthur Schopenhauer