A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself
Ashleigh Brilliant
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
John Wooden
Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
Carl Gustav Jung
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden
There is nothing new in art except talent.
Anton Chekhov
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
William Bernbach
There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.
Alfred Adler
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
Robert Half
Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.
Jonathan Swift
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends
Cyril Connolly
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.