The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen.
The big talent is persistence.
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.