1,160 Quotes About Talent

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

You just need to discover your superpower and bet on it.

The greatest talent one can have is learning when to speak and when to not.

[...] the vast mass of mankind are incapable of doing anything reasonably well, art among the rest. The worthless artist would not improbably have been a quite incompetent baker.

Make no mistake, no one has ever become great by mistake.

For those who can see well in the darkness, there is no darkness and for those who cannot see well even in the light, there is no light! Neither darkness nor light but only your talents matter most!

Remember one thing: having no talent isn’t terrifying, what is terrifying is laziness.

Willpower and self-discipline are more effective than intellect and talent.

You must find your own times and places of power and contentment, of native talent and success – and be unconcerned if they are different from another’s sphere. Diversity is intentional, natural, enriching, and part of the wonder of being alive in the world. Be yourself, whomever and however that may be.