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"Mediocrity does not see higher than itself. But talent instantly recognizes the genius."	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams."	Amy Grant
"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.
"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
"Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light."	Baltasar Gracian
"Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent."	Ernest Miller Hemingway
"Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents."	John W(illiam) Gardner
"Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life."	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"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
"Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never."	Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"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
"The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the man with the most brilliant single mind, but rather the man who can best coordinate the brains and talents of his associates."	Sir William Alton Jones
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."	Thomas Jefferson
"The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy . what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?"	Henry James
"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after."	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there."	Irving
"There are two kinds of talents, 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
"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents."	Thomas Jefferson
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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
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