Louisa May Alcott Quotes

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.

Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.

When you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.