The translation of this sentence is as follows.

Laziness makes people mediocre, diligence makes people outstanding. The English translation is Laziness makes people mediocre, diligence makes people outstanding.

This sentence can be translated word for word directly according to the literal meaning.

Quotation is a Chinese word, pinyin is míng yán. Its basic meaning is a very famous saying. Famous words generally refer to what celebrities say. From Liu Yiqing's "Shishuo Xinyu·Yu", Ouyang Xiu's "Guitian Lu", etc.