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"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."	(John) Calvin Coolidge
"It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant."	(Sarah) Margaret Fuller
"We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings."	Abraham Maslow
"Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered."	Al Capp
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."	Albert Einstein
"What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here."	Alfred A. Montapert
"More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams."	Amy Grant
"Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light."	Baltasar Gracian
"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"	Benjamin Franklin
"Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back."	Edgar Lee Masters
"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."	Eric Hoffer
"No one ever promised that the fastest horse in the race was the easiest one to ride." [on managing talented people]"	Eric J. Joiner, Jr.
"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."	Erica Mann Jong
"Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads."	Erica Mann Jong
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."	Erma Louise Bombeck
"Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent."	Ernest Miller Hemingway
"We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent -- criticism."	Frank A. Clark
"I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world needs such men more than heaven does."	Georg Christopher Lichtenberg
"I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world needs such men more than heaven does."	Georg Christopher Lichtenberg
"The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions."	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Al Capp	Amy Grant	Baltasar Gracian
Benjamin Franklin	Edgar Lee Masters	Erica Mann Jong
Eric Hoffer	Eric J. Joiner, Jr.	Erma Louise Bombeck
Ernest Miller Hemingway	Frank A. Clark	Georg Christopher Lichtenberg
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	Henri-Frédéric Amiel	Henry Van Dyke
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Henry James	Horace
Irving	James Arthur Baldwin	Jean Anouilh
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	John Fitzgerald Kennedy	John W(illiam) Gardner
Kareem Abdul-Jabar	Kathe Kolliqitz	Mark Twain
Mary Ingraham Bunting	Maya Angelou	Pearl Bailey
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Isaac Newton	Sir William Alton Jones	Thomas Jefferson
Warren G. Bennis	Wystan Hugh Auden	(John) Calvin Coolidge
(Sarah) Margaret Fuller