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> [Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/greatness-is-more-than-potential-it-is-the-execution-of-that/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

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## More by Eric Burns

> [It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/it-s-not-enough-to-create-magic-you-have-to-create-a-price-for-magic/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

> [Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/greatness-is-more-than-potential-it-is-the-execution-of-that/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

> [Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/give-a-man-a-hoe-and-he-is-something-to-exploit-give-him-a-book-and/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

> [Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/greatness-is-more-than-potential-it-is-the-execution-of-that-potential/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

> [The serious reader in the age of technology is a rebel by definition: a protester without a placard, a Luddite without hammer or bludgeon.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/the-serious-reader-in-the-age-of-technology-is-a-rebel-by-definition/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

> [The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-burns/the-library-is-not-as-some-would-have-it-a-place-for-the-retiring-of/)

[Eric Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-burns/)

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