Talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won’t be a commonplace dauber, so I don’t intend to try any more. ~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents. Think deeply about yours; identify them clearly; then find out how to use them to make money. ~ Bill O’Reilly, O'Reilly Factor

Genius is power, talent is applicability. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’d rather have more heart than talent any day. ~ Allen Iverson

Talent is the gift plus the passion—a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. ~ Neil Simon

The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given… They are a sacred trust. ~ Paul Robeson

Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation. ~ Jane Austen, Lady Susan

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