TALENT : Concealed talent brings no reputation. (Epicurus: Greek philosopher, sage, and prolific writer who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called 'Epicureanism,' 341—270 B.C.E.)

TALENT : Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. (Henri F. Amiel: Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic, 1821-1881)

TALENT : Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out. (Marguerite Gardiner: Countess of Blessington, Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess, 1789-1849)

TALENT : Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. (Robert Half: U.S. career consultant)

TALENT : Native talent is the most evenly distributed resource in the world. It is a resource that can be tapped wherever it is. (Unknown Source: )

TALENT : Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other. (Ralph W. Emerson: U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

TALENT : Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. (Arthur Schopenhauer: German philosopher whose views countered the philosophies of German post-Kantian idealism, and whose work was among the first in Western philosophy to share significant tenets of Eastern thought, 1788-1860)

TALENT : Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. (Johann v. Goethe: German statesman and writer of poetry, dramas, and numerous scientific treatises, 1749-1832)

TALENT : Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships (Michael Jordan: U.S. businessman and former professional basketball player, Born 2963)

TALENT : The crowning blessing of life—to be born with a bias to some pursuit (S.C. Tallentyre: )

TALENT : The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. (Hector Berlioz: French Romantic composer and symphony conductor, 1803-1869)

TALENT : There are so many gifts still unopened from the day of your birth. (Khajeh Hafiz: Persian poet and philosopher, c.1320-1389)

TALENT : Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. (Edward de Bono: Maltese physician, psychologist, author, and inventor, Born 1933)

TALENT : Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. (Henry Van Dyke: U.S. poet, 1852-1933)

TALENT : Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” (Lou Holtz: former U.S. football player, coach, and analyst, Born 1937)