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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men 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.”

Calvin Coolidge
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas A. Edison
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. – Thomas A. Edison
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. - George Bernard Shaw
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. – George Bernard Shaw
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein
Genius… is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. - Ezra Pound
Genius… is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. – Ezra Pound
It turns out that our intuition is a greater genius than we are. - Jim Shepard
It turns out that our intuition is a greater genius than we are. – Jim Shepard
The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light. - George Steiner
The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light. – George Steiner
To see things in the seed, that is genius. - Lao Tzu
To see things in the seed, that is genius. – Lao Tzu
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is a great capacity for hard work. - Henry Ford
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work. – Henry Ford
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

20 Meaningful Genius Quotes About Life

Beauty is a form of Genius–is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.”

Oscar Wilde
This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present. - Deepak Chopra
This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present. – Deepak Chopra
Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius. - Robert Kiyosaki
Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius. – Robert Kiyosaki
Passion is the genesis of genius. - Tony Robbins
Passion is the genesis of genius. – Tony Robbins
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. - Albert Einstein
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. – Albert Einstein
Execution is the chariot of genius. - William Blake
Execution is the chariot of genius. – William Blake
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Genius is patience. - Isaac Newton
Genius is patience. – Isaac Newton
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. - E. F. Schumacher
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. – E. F. Schumacher
Genius must be born, and never can be taught. - John Dryden
Genius must be born, and never can be taught. – John Dryden
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. - Winston Churchill
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information. – Winston Churchill
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. - Oscar Levant
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. – Oscar Levant
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience. - Paul Cezanne
Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience. – Paul Cezanne
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. - Edward Gibbon
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. – Edward Gibbon
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. - George Sand
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. – George Sand
Man is a genius when he is dreaming. - Akira Kurosawa
Man is a genius when he is dreaming. – Akira Kurosawa
Every true genius is bound to be naive. - Friedrich Schiller
Every true genius is bound to be naive. – Friedrich Schiller
The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. - Edgar Allan Poe
The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. – Edgar Allan Poe
There is no off position on the genius switch. - David Letterman
There is no off position on the genius switch. – David Letterman

2 Genius Quotes on Encouragement

“Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.”

John C. Maxwell
Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. - Wilferd Peterson
Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. – Wilferd Peterson

5 Genius Quotes on Talent

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Arthur Conan Doyle
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. – Arthur Conan Doyle
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire. - Bernard Williams
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire. – Bernard Williams
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. - Henry Van Dyke
Genius is talent set on fire by courage. – Henry Van Dyke
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. - Oscar Wilde
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. – Oscar Wilde

2 Genius Quotes About Madness

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. - Marilyn Monroe
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. – Marilyn Monroe
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. - Aristotle
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. – Aristotle

2 Genius Quotes on Enthusiasm

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. - Aldous Huxley
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. – Aldous Huxley
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. - Benjamin Disraeli
Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. – Benjamin Disraeli

10 Motivational Genius Quotes About Success

“Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.”

Lord Chesterfield
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius. - Elbert Hubbard
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius. – Elbert Hubbard
You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. - Michael Dell
You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. – Michael Dell

“Anyone who seems to experience a heightened attention to detail can be encouraged to channel that ability to create their own highly successful outcomes and to exhibit their own sparks of genius.”

Gail Saltz
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. - Joseph Addison
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. – Joseph Addison
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. - Bruce Feirstein
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. – Bruce Feirstein
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. - Henry David Thoreau
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. – Henry David Thoreau
The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work. - Kathleen Winsor
The only genius that’s worth anything is the genius for hard work. – Kathleen Winsor
An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals. - Mary Kay
An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals. – Mary Kay
I believe that genius is a path that we can all take and derive much benefit, happiness, fulfillment, and success from not a genetic windfall or divine gift. - Sean Patrick
I believe that genius is a path that we can all take and derive much benefit, happiness, fulfillment, and success from not a genetic windfall or divine gift. – Sean Patrick

3 Wise Genius Quotes About Learning

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. - Benjamin Franklin
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. – Benjamin Franklin
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. - James Joyce
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. – James Joyce

7 Funny Genius Quotes To Make You Laugh

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. - Matthew McConaughey
Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. – Matthew McConaughey
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. – Gertrude Stein
Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot. - Charles Bukowski
Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot. – Charles Bukowski
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. - Charlie Chaplin
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. – Charlie Chaplin
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. - Samuel Goldwyn
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. – Samuel Goldwyn
I don't want to be a genius - I have enough problems just trying to be a man. - Albert Camus
I don’t want to be a genius – I have enough problems just trying to be a man. – Albert Camus
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. - Stephen Hawking
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. – Stephen Hawking

2 Genius Quotes on Nature

“God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.”

Marcus Garvey
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature. - Josiah Gilbert Holland
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

5 Genius Quotes That Will Warm Your Heart

“Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of brain-power, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.”

Samuel Smiles
All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others. - Robin Sharma
All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others. – Robin Sharma
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people; the insistence on small miracles. - Barack Obama
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people; the insistence on small miracles. – Barack Obama

“You are all geniuses, and you are all beautiful. You don’t need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, live peace, and breathe peace, and you’ll get it as soon as you like.”

John Lennon
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 Genius Quotes on Forgiveness

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat. - Joyce Cary
To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it’s true. It’s a new world every heart beat. – Joyce Cary
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. - Oscar Wilde
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. – Oscar Wilde

3 Genius Quotes on Childhood

“In school, children learn that there is only one answer for each question and are requested to conform to conventional social wisdoms The difference between geniuses and most of us is that they managed to not lose their childhood creativity.”

Andrii Sedniev
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity. - Thomas Huxley
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity. – Thomas Huxley
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. - Arthur Rimbaud
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. – Arthur Rimbaud

13 Genius Quotes That Will Make You Think

“The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.”

Ludwig van Beethoven
Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius. - Fulton J. Sheen
Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius. – Fulton J. Sheen
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them. - R. Buckminster Fuller
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them. – R. Buckminster Fuller

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”

Carl Sagan
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. - Thomas Gray
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. – Thomas Gray
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. - Cesare Lombroso
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. – Cesare Lombroso
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. - Abraham Lincoln
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. – Abraham Lincoln
Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. - Pablo Picasso
Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. – Pablo Picasso
Genius is never understood in its own time. - Bill Watterson
Genius is never understood in its own time. – Bill Watterson
The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. - Arthur Koestler
The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. – Arthur Koestler
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. - George Eliot
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. - Horace
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. – Horace

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