Talent Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old talent quotes, talent sayings, and talent proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know. Thomas Wolfe
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. Henry Van Dyke
Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. Patrick Süskind
The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. Andre Gide
Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It is a happy talent to know how to play. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me. Erma Bombeck
In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. Wilson Mizner
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
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. Stephen King
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail. Aldous Huxley
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. Pope John Paul II
Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making. Richard Florida
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight. Plautus
Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that every person is born with talent. Maya Angelou
Not he deserves praise that has talents, but he that uses them. Ivan Panin
It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject. LeRoy Neiman