Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Oscar Wilde
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
Leonardo da Vinci
Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy
Havelock Ellis
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Joseph Joubert
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
Marguerite Blessington
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind
Lord Essex
No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.
Benjamin Disraeli
Common sense is genius in homespun.
Alfred North Whitehead
Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate
Horace Mann
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Walter Lippmann