Famous
Genius Quotes
“Genius is one per cent inspiration
and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.”
Edison
"Genius is nothing but a greater
aptitude for patience."
Benjamin Franklin
"Genius begins great works; labor
alone finishes them."
Joseph Joubert
"Genius is divine perseverance.
Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but
perseverance all can have."
Woodrow Wilson
“Genius does what it must, and
talent does what it can.”
Bulwer-Lytton
"Every production of genius must be
the production of enthusiasm."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Talent is what you possess; genius
is what possesses you."
Malcolm Cowley
"One of the strongest
characteristics of genius is the power of lighting
its own fire."
John W. Foster
“Inspiration and genius—one and the
same.”
Victor Hugo
“Genius is only great
patience.”
Buffon
"Doing easily what others find is
difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for
talent is genius."
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Common sense is genius dressed in
its working clothes."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but
talent instantly recognizes genius."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"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
