Genius is not some fortunate arrangement of brain cells. Genius is energy, only directed energy. Gerry Spence

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As diamonds cut diamonds, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too. Cyrus Bartol

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If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. Michelangelo Buonarroti

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• excellence

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius. Benjamin Disraeli

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Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison

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• inspiration

Often a dash of judgment is better than a flash of genius. Howard Newton

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• wisdom

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. Horace

• adversity
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We're brought up, unfortunately, to think that nobody should make mistakes. Most children get de-geniused by the love and fear of their parents - that they might make a mistake. But all my advances were made by mistakes. Buckminster Fuller

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• children
• parents
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When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Genius is only a superior power of seeing. John Ruskin

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Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius. Elbert Hubbard

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• mistakes
• effort

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly. Buckminster Fuller

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• children

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. Fulton Sheen

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• jealousy

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius. Robert Brault

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• talent