Attributes Quote by Walter J. Phillips

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which human affairs turn most persistently.

— Samuel Butler

Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they would have…

— Jean de la Bruyere

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

— Charles Horton Cooley

Those rare individuals society labels geniuses are almost always freaks of nature and are naturally gifted rather than being diligent students who became geniuses…

— James Morcan

An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has…

— Mary Kay Ash

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in…

— Samuel Smiles

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.

— Brian Tracy

One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their…

— Brian Tracy

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

— John Taylor Gatto

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.

— Andre Maurois

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

— Madame de Stael