Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes

We encourage one another in mediocrity.

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.

To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

My career had fallen into an abyss because I was so complacent with things that I had already accomplished. I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

Good is not good, where better is expected

If perfect's what you're searching for, then just stay the same.

Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.

Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.

If we remove desire to be better, we become mediocre.

Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.

Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing.

I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.

Show me someone content with mediocrity and I'll show you someone destined for failure.

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.

Effort is between you, and you, and nobody elseI'm pissed off for greatness. Cause if you ain't pissed off for greatness, that just means you're okay with being mediocre, and ain't no man in here okay with just basic.

My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

I know I will never let myself be complacent in life.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.