TALENT QUOTES III
quotations about talent
Retaining the best talent is how a company maintains resilience in a world defined by variation and unpredictability.
GRETCHEN DIGBY
"Hiring Lackluster Talent Hurts Your Company's Resilience -- And Reputation", Forbes, June 16, 2017
It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.
W. H. AUDEN
The Dyer's Hand
The possession of superior talent creates more wishes than it gratifies.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH
"Art and Letters", Afterthoughts
We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Jo's Boys
Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.
MAYA ANGELOU
attributed, Black Women Writers at Work
If you ever find that you're the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
AUSTIN KLEON
"Tread your talent cautiously", Times of India, May 31, 2017
It is probable that a greater proportion of talent is destroyed, or rendered valueless, by riches than by poverty; and the rapid mutation of society, I think, demonstrates this to be the fact.
FRANCIS WAYLAND
The Elements of Moral Science
As to great and commanding talents, they are the gift of Providence in some way unknown to us, they rise where they are least expected; they fail when everything seems disposed to produce them, or at least to call them forth.
EDMUND BURKE
letter to the Chevalier de la Bintinnaye, March 1791
The idea that we are limited by genetic factors--innate talent--is a pernicious myth.
DAVID Z. HAMBRICK
"Is Innate Talent a Myth?", Scientific American, Septebmer 20, 2016
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Valley of Fear
I'm a firm believer that passion trumps talent. The philosophy of that is that talent is a commodity, and there are a lot of talented people in the world. But it is passion that propels you forward.
TANYA DUA
"Talent is a commodity", Digiday, December 8, 2016
Talent is perhaps nothing other than successfully sublimated rage.
THEODOR W. ADORNO
Minima Moralia
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
ROBERT HALF
"Recommended By Ronaldo", FourFourTwo, June 12, 2017
When your camels find no more nourishment, remove to a more fertile spot; and when your talents are not appreciated, seek another country.
IBN MUNIR
attributed, Day's Collacon
If you want to be the greatest at something, you need to find what your talent is.
GREG RUSEDSKI
"Q&A with tennis player Greg Rusedski", Financial Times, June 16, 2017
Talent is a burden you can't throw off.
MIN KYM
"Sunday Book: Min Kym -- Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung", The Arts Desk, April 2, 2017
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
EMILE ZOLA
Works of Emile Zola
Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.
ZIG ZIGLAR
Born to Win: Find Your Success Code
Men of genius are the worst possible models for men of talent.
MURRAY D. EDWARDS
attributed, Book of Humorous Quotations