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Talent |
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 | Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 10 likes |
 | Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 10 likes |
 | In the absence of will-power, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. — Aleister Crowley, 1875-1945, British magician & occultist, 8 likes |
 | The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 8 likes |
 | One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others. — Frank Tyger, 1929-2011, American cartoonist 6 likes |
 | Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter. — Stephen King, 1947-, American author of horror & fantasy fiction 6 likes |
 | It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. — Robert Benchley, 1889-1945, American columnist 5 likes |
 | A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 5 likes |
 | Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write one page, it writes three hundred. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 5 likes |
 | Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power? — Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright 5 likes |
 | Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough. — Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer 5 likes |
 | You need talent, you need brains, and you need confidence. Those are the three things you need to do virtually anything. Confidence is a fascinating commodity. There’s no upper limit on the usefulness of it, as long as it doesn’t bleed into arrogance. — Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian 5 likes |
 | The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] 4 likes |
 | There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 4 likes |
 | I am no more humble than my talents require. — Oscar Levant, 1906-1972, American pianist 4 likes |
| Ordinary people merely think how they shall “spend” their time; a man of talent tries to “use” it. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 3 likes |
 | Since women are better at producing babies, presumably Nature has given men some talent to compensate. But for the moment I can't think of it. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 3 likes |
 | Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage. — Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher 3 likes |
 | Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 3 likes |
 | It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. — Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet 2 likes |
 | If you're born with a gift, to behave like it's an achievement is not right. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 2 likes |
 | I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 2 likes |
 | We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 2 likes |
 | Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write. — Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright 2 likes |
| Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 2 likes |
 | If you are a gifted person, it doesn’t mean that you gained something. It means you have something to give back. — Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist 2 likes |
 | Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 2 likes |
 | Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 2 likes |
 | Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. |
 | Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent. |
| Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent. |
| Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire. |
| Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. |
 | It is possible to become a painter, a sculptor, or a musician by study, but not a dramatic poet; a man is so either at once or never, as he is blonde or brown, and cannot help it. |
 | Every day that we fail to live out the maximum of our potentialities we kill the Shakespeare, Dante, Homer, Christ which is in us. |
 | Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. |
 | A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. |
 | Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do. |
 | Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light. |
 | Genius points the way, talent takes it. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
Funny Quotes
 | You look like a talent scout for a cemetery. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 4 likes |
 | Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 2 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Wise is he who knows much by nature. Σοφὸς ο πολλά ειδώς φυά. — Pindar, 522-438 BC, Ancient Greek lyric poet 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | Everybody to whom much is given, much is expected. 2 likes |
