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Talent Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

54 Talent quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A person who discovers his own talent feels a spark inside. The quotes describe talent as a personal calling that delights the owner before anyone else. They warn against using talent for pride and compare it to genius, which speaks in a different way.

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A forte always makes a foible.

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Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds.

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“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

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Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

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Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call.

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Blessed are those who have no talent!

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Genius is power, talent is applicability.

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Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.

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A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents.

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Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.

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There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.

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Every natural power exhilarates; a true talent delights the possessor first.

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Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.

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Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music.

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Every person has his or her own vocation-talent is the call.

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The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent…

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The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which…

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A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his…

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The best political economy is the care and culture of men; for, in these crises, all are ruined except such as are…

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Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and…

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But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life…

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Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the…

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The people know that they need in their representative much more than talent, namely, the power to make his talent trusted.

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The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense…

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The only sin is limitation. As soon as you once come up with a man's limitations, it is all over with him.…

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Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent…

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Among the multitude of scholars and authors, we feel no hallowing presence; we are sensible of a knack and skill rather than…

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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see…

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A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to…

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And what is Genius but finer love, a love impersonal, a love of the flower and perfection of things, and a desire…

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The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. . .…

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We have feudal governments in a commercial age. It would be but an easy extension of our commercial system, to pay a…

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It is the delight of vulgar talent to dazzle and to bind the beholder. But true genius seeks to defend us from…

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Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

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We read often with as much talent as we write.

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We often read with as much talent as we write.

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Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

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Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to…

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Contemporary American psychiatrist It is a happy talent to know how to play.

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