#mediocre

I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar, piano, violin, saxophone, clarinet, flute... Just not well. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#could #drums #every #everything #flute

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#demonstrates #explains #good #good teacher #inspires

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. ↗

— Mary Kay Ash

#further #generates #go #great #great idea

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. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#avid #difficult #drive #faith #further

Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#context #everything #historical #important #interest