Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own.
Talent is like money; you don't have to have some to talk about it.
Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.
Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.
Talent is the capacity of doing anything that depends on application and industry and it is a voluntary power, while genius is involuntary.
Talent without tact is only half talent.
The talent should speak for itself.
Talents constitute our very essence.
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
There is nothing new in art except talent.
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown.
It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
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