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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race
Calvin Coolidge
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me.
Erma Bombeck
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It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.
W. H. Auden
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A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Charles Horton Cooley
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All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent.
Zig Ziglar
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I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
Käthe Kollwitz
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Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
Christiane Collange
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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 him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Erica Jong
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