Sentence examples for settling for mediocrity from inspiring English sources

Is this life of minor transgressions refreshingly realistic, given our natures, or is it settling for mediocrity?

She saw it as a loss of will, a settling for mediocrity, a betrayal of Britain's great history and an acceptance of decline.

The University of Texas System has a legacy of not settling for mediocrity, he said, and the people of Texas look to it for excellence.

David Brooks ("A Moral Diet," column, June 8) rightly asks, "Is this life of minor transgressions refreshingly realistic, given our natures, or is it settling for mediocrity?" One prominent ethical system — the Talmud — provides an answer that speaks directly to realism and our basic human nature.

Imran Khan has painted an ungenerous caricature of "the soured and racist English old pro," Sir Richard Hadlee has accused county players of lazily settling for mediocrity, but relationships, considering a constant shifting between assorted hotel and dressing rooms, generally remain remarkably unfractious.

Indexing looks like settling for mediocrity.

He doesn't settle for mediocrity.

We don't settle for mediocrity.

Anderson alternately praised and lamented his time with the Nets, saying they had settled for mediocrity.

Some teams settle for mediocrity, but the Rangers are striving for it.

She wants to be fantastic; she will not settle for mediocrity.