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"Mediocrity does not see higher than itself. But talent instantly recognizes the genius." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents." John W(illiam) Gardner 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent." Ernest Miller Hemingway 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents." Eric Hoffer 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." Horace 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy . what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?" Henry James 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back." Edgar Lee Masters 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession... Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much." Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.9000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." (John) Calvin Coolidge 4.8873 average rating Rate this Quote
"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 4.8750 average rating Rate this Quote
"More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams." Amy Grant 4.8750 average rating Rate this Quote
"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" Benjamin Franklin 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents." Thomas Jefferson 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent." Sir Isaac Newton 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." Henry Van Dyke 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads." Erica Mann Jong 4.7778 average rating Rate this Quote
"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." Erma Louise Bombeck 4.7656 average rating Rate this Quote
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4.7500 average rating Rate this Quote
"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." Kathe Kolliqitz 4.7500 average rating Rate this Quote
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