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There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure. (Quote by - Alfred Adler)

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty (Quote by - Nathaniel Emmons)

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary (Quote by - Jessamyn West)

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it (Quote by - Charles de Montesquieu)

Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other. (Quote by - Seneca)

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. (Quote by - Sydney Smith)

Luck is only important insofar as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. (Quote by - Frank Sinatra)

I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem. (Quote by - Jonathan Coe)

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. (Quote by - William Bernbach)

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

I believe that every person is born with talent. (Quote by - Maya Angelou)

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity. (Quote by - Dylan Thomas)

If you don't realize there is always someone who knows how to do something better than you, then you don't give proper respect for others' talents (Quote by - Hortense Canady)

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. (Quote by - Sydney Smith)

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

No man can discover his own talents. (Quote by - Brendan Francis)

The crowning blessing of life - to be born with a bias to some pursuit. (Quote by - S. C. Tallentyre)

A talented trumpeter who toots his own horn winds up playing to an empty theatre. A talented trumpeter who lets others recognize his talent winds up a legend. (Quote by - Lisa Edmondson)

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work (Quote by - John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man. (Quote by - Isaac Stern)

All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent. (Quote by - Zig Ziglar)

My bad habits aren't my title, my strengths and talents are my title. (Quote by - Vervain Layne Staley)

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can. (Quote by - Maurice Baring)

Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain. (Quote by - Mike Ditka)

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. (Quote by - John Jay Chapman)

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