A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
?Marilyn Monroe
It takes little talent to see clearly
what lies under one's nose,
a good deal of it to know in which
direction to point that organ.
?W. H. Auden
A man possesses talent;
genius possesses the man.
?Isaac Stern
Mediocrity knows nothing
higher than itself; but talent
instantly recognises genius.
?Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A talent somewhat above mediocrity,
shrewd and not too sensitive, is more
likely to rise in the world than genius.
?Charles Horton Cooley
Talent works, genius creates.
?Robert Schumann
All resources are not obvious;
great managers find
and develop available talent.
?Zig Ziglar
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.
?Käthe Kollwitz
An idea can turn to dust or
magic, depending on the
talent that rubs against it.
?William Bernbach
I thought my talent would transcend
my outspokenness. I was wrong.
?Mickey Rourke
Competition is the whetstone of talent.
?Proverb
Genius does what it must, and
Talent does what it can.
?Owen Meredith
Common sense is perhaps the most
equally divided, but surely the most
under-employed, talent in the world.
?Christiane Collange
Everyone according to their talent and
every talent according to its work.
?French Proverb
Each man has his own vocation; his talent
is his call. There is one direction
in which all space is open to him.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent;
doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
?Henri-Fréderic Amiel
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to
follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
?Erica Jong
