Thoughts on the business of life

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty,
both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

— Ann bronte

There are two kinds of talent, 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

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

— Owen meredith

A genius ! For 37 years I’ve practised 14 hours a day, and
now they call me a genius !

— Pablo de Sarasate

I have no talent; it’s just a question of working, of being
willing to put in the time.

— Graham Greene

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

— Constantin Stanislavski

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

The great law of culture is : Let each become all that he was
created capable of becoming.

— Thomas Carlyle

A true talent delights the possessor first.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

(Source : Forbes Asia, 10-3-2008)