Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work…
If hard work is not another name for talent, it is the best possible substitute for it.
Only in recent history has working hard” signaled pride rather than shame for lack of talent, finesse and, mostly, sprezzatura.
I’ve known a lot of talented people but the people that really, really, achieve success – there is ambition, focus and drive behind it.
Artistic talent is far more common than the talent toartistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult.
Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. It is so hard.
For a writer, talent is everything. Lots of people make a career out of writing, producing many works and knowing exactly what it takes to become a great writer. But they never break into the big time, because they lack one thing: talent, or a sufficient amount of it.
Nothing infuriates an academic more than a talented and successful colleague.
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.