Quotes About Talent

Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.

Common people are merely intent on spending time - whoever has some talent, on making use of it.

Said in reference to Ludwig Wittgenstein: Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target others cannot even see.

But inherited wealth reaches its utmost value when it falls to the individual endowed with mental powers of a high order, who is resolved to pursue a line of life not compatible with the making of money; for he is then doubly endowed by fate and can live for his genius; and he will pay his debt to mankind a hundred times, by achieving what no other could achieve, by producing some work which contributes to the general good, and redounds to the honor of humanity at large.

Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.

This again, tallies with what Goethe says in Wilhelm Meister: The man who is born with a talent which he is meant to use, finds his greatest happiness in using it.

Il talento coglie un bersaglio che nessuno riesce a colpire. Il genio coglie un bersaglio che nessuno riesce a vedere.

O persoan? înzestrat? cu daruri mentale înalte ÅŸi rare, care e obligat? s? accepte o slujb? strict utilitar? este ca o vaz? preÅ£ioas?, decorat? cu cele mai minunate imagini, dar folosit? ca vas de buc?t?rie.

Cuanto más tiene uno en sí mismo, menos precisa de fuera y menos pueden significar los demás para él. De ahí que la excelencia de espíritu empuje a la insociabilidad. Es en la soledad donde cada uno es remitido a sí mismo, donde se muestra lo que tiene en sí mismo. La gente corriente tan sólo piensa en pasar el tiempo; quien posee algún talento, en aprovecharlo.

Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of any talent tries to use it.

Talentul e precum un ?inta? care love?te o ?int? pe care ceilal?i nu o pot nimeri; geniul e precum un ?inta? care love?te o ?int? pe care ceilal?i nu o pot vedea.

There have now been many studies of elite performers—international violinists, chess grand masters, professional ice-skaters, mathematicians, and so forth—and the biggest difference researchers find between them and lesser performers is the cumulative amount of deliberate practice they've had. Indeed, the most important talent may be the talent for practice itself.

Indeed, the most important talent may be the talent for practice itself.

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.

How many people will die, have died, because of the wasted talents of intelligent and gifted women, forced into domestic drudgery, corseted by paternal demands, strangled by denial of opportunity?

Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man. Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn't done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. There is no standard of personal dignity except independence.

Genius is an exaggeration of dimension. So is elephantiasis. Both may be only a disease.

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

It takes two to make every great career: the man who is great, and the man-almost rarer-who is great enough to see greatness and say so.

The businessman who wishes to gain a market by throttling a superior competitor, the worker who wants a share of his employer's wealth, the artist who envies a rival's higher talent - they're all wishing facts out of existence and destruction is the only means of their wish. If they pursue it, they will not achieve a market, a fortune, or an immortal fame - they will merely destroy production

The unrecognized genius—that's an old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one—the genius recognized too well? ... That a great many men are poor fools who can't see the best—that's nothing. One can't get angry at that. But do you understand about the men who see it and don't want it?

The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like a pianist who acquires a brilliant technique by playing finger-exercises, but never gives a concert.

she had always looked for sparks of competence, like a diamond prospector in an unpromising wasteland.

The unrecognized genius-that's one old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one-the genius recognized too well?