The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

No, none of these things are the key. When it comes right down to it, I know of only one factor that separates those who consistently shine from those who don't: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. Nothing else has the same kind of impact on people's ability to achieve and to accomplish whatever their minds and hearts desire.

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.

Push your boundaries beyond the ordinary; be that “extra” in “extraordinary.

Ordinary people seek entertainment. Extraordinary people seek education and learning.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to...failure.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Ce que l’extrême et l’ordinaire ont également en commun, c’est que, ici comme là, la majorité des individus opte pour les valeurs vitales, et quelques-uns seulement choisissent l’autre voie. Ou peut-être : la plupart du temps, chaque individu opte pour les valeurs vitales ; mais n’ignore pas pour autant les réactions morales.

Extraordinary individuals are distinguished less by their impressive “raw powers” than by their ability to identify their strengths and then to exploit them.

Own your extraordinariness and Your ordinariness

Be ordinary, but bring a quality of awareness to your ordinary life. Bring God to your ordinary life introduce God into your ordinary life. Sleep, eat, love, pray, meditate, but don’t think that you are making or doing something special — and then you will be special.

Be extraordinary in your excellence, if you like, but be ordinary in your display of it.

The difference between being mediocre and magical is often the difference between letting people take creative risk and holding them too tightly accountable. Accountability is important, but it’s not the only thing that’s important.

What you admire in others will develop in yourself. Therefore, to love the ordinary in anyone is to become ordinary, while to love the noble and the lofty in all minds is to grow into the likeness of that which is noble and lofty.