~ Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man for what he does with his talent. ~
~ Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. ~
~ The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. ~
~ I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive. ~
~ If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort. ~
~ Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. ~
~ Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. ~
~ Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel. ~
~ There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone mason and a sculptor ~
~ Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is ~
~ What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose. ~
~ Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. ~