Character Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Talent develops in solitude, character develops in the stream of life.”

— Schiller Goethe Hebel et al

Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes…

— Milton Glaser

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

— Anonymous

People talk about talent as though it were some neutral substance that can be applied to anything. But talent is narrow and only functions…

— Wilfrid Sheed

“The myth of talent persists—not that people don't have talent but that talent is the quintessential element in virtuosity. It's not; it's skill. Talent…

— Asher Black

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson