Adversity Quote by Horace

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

— Neal Stephenson

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because…

— Simone de Beauvoir

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather…

— Eric Hoffer

“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather…

— Eric Hoffer

In the middle of difficulties lie opportunities.

— Albert Einstein

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

— Constantin Stanislavski

Talent is often a defect in character.

— Karl Kraus

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

More people fail from lack of purpose than lack of talent

— ChristianQuotes

Take me as an example. I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent…

— Warren Buffett

Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision and perseverance to develop their talents.

— Orrin Woodward

A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe