Talent Quotes

A best seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent"; my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.

Brazzzle Jean-Paul Sartre

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

Louisa May Alcott

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

Wendell Phillips

Talent is not universal but it is widely spread: Give enough people the capacity to create, and inevitably gems will emerge.

Chris Anderson

The people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.

Lauren Bacall

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.

Michael Caine

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

Hector Berlioz

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

Albert Einstein

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Benjamin Franklin

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Henry Van Dyke

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.