Friday, December 26, 2008

TALENT

"The luck of having talent is not enough;
one must also have a talent for luck."
-Hector Berlioz-

"Genius does what it must, talent does what it can."
-Edward Bulwer-Lytton-

"Conciseness is the sister of talent."
-Anton Checkhov-

"There is no substitute for talent.
Industry and all its virtues are of no avail."
-Aldous Huxley-

"Everyone has a talent.
What is rare is the courage to follow the
talent to the dark places where it leads."
-Erica Jong-

"Great talents are the most lovely and often
the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity.
They hang upon the most slender twigs
that are easily snapped off."
-Carl Jung-

"The crowning blessing of life --
to be born with a bias to some pursuit."
-S.C. Tallentyre-