Quotes about Talent

“Talent works, genius creates.”

“Hidden talent counts for nothing.”

“Talent is only the starting point.”

“Talents go by nature not by birth.”

“Concealed talent brings no reputation.”

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

“No one respects a talent that is concealed.”

“I believe that every person is born with talent.”

“Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.”

“The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.”

“Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.”

“A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.”

“Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.”

“Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.”

“The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.”

“I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong.”

“God doesn't give people talents that he doesn't want people to use.”

“Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.”

“Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.”

“Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.”

“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.”

“Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.”

“There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.”

“Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.”

“Premature development of the powers of both mind and body leads to an early grave.”

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”

“If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.”

“Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.”

“I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts.”

“Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.”