Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work. – Proverb
Who has a trade may go anywhere. – Proverb
Talent isnt genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I wont be a commonplace dauber, so I dont intend to try any more. – Louisa May Alcott
I believe that every person is born with talent. – Maya Angelou
Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? — a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance. – Jean Anouilh
It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under ones nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ. – W. H. Auden
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while. – Pearl Bailey
Talent is only the starting point. – Irving Berlin
A man gift will make a way for him. – Bible
The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent. – Smiley Blanton
Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does. – Gerald Brenan
Your talent is Gods gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God. – Leo Buscaglia
A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. – Thomas Carlyle
The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand. – Willa Cather
The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. – Charles Horton Cooley
To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you dont pay the price day in and day out, youll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind. – Stephen Covey
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
