Charles Stanley Quotes

We encourage one another in mediocrity.

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

I'm not ambitious.

To give your best is to receive the best.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

I'm not a big fan of mediocre.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

I was always ranked last in my class. My problem was that I would obtain a just pass and move on to the next class!

I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn't going to be very satisfied.

I get great satisfaction from trying to get better and trying to do the next thing as well as I can.

Good is the enemy of great.

If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life's prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.

There are twelve good reasons for failure. The first one is the avowed intention of doing no more than one is paid to do, and the person who makes this avowal may see the other eleven by stepping before a looking glass.

Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.

Be more than man, or thou'rt less than an ant.

Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.

Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.

It's hard to lose when your standards are so low.

Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.

Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.

Mediocrity is gonna kill the world before Armageddon ever does.

Average is Your Enemy.

Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.