Malcolm Cowley on Talent
Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
Sydney Smith on Talent
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.
Sophia Loren on Talent
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Talent
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Seneca on Talent
Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.
Rosalynn Carter on Talent
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Marcus Tullius Cicero on Talent
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Henry Van Dyke on Talent
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henri F. Amiel on Talent
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
Erica Jong on Talent
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.