Genius Quotes Quotes & Sayings

The best art looks and sounds prophetic; a genius borrows from tomorrow what he uses today. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Under the storms, sun becomes a god! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Talent produces good work;
genius produces great work. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Being genius does not necessarily mean knowing it all or having the highest academic qualification; but a persons ability to apply wisdom and common sense to common things in a distinctive manner and courageously, exhibiting the latent deft to the admiration of the masses — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Incredibly intelligent people always seem odd to those who are not as sharp. — Alexei Maxim Russell

A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him. — Napoleon Hill

The world awaits for the genius in your mind. The world awaits for the genius in your soul. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Perseverance is the bridge between talent and genius. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When you come across with the ideas that you don't like and even hate, do these three things: Be tolerant, be tolerant and be tolerant! Let them speak! Let the stupid and even the fools speak! Protecting freedom of expression under every circumstance is an honour for a man! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

All mothers breed dead children. — Mie Hansson

Mediocre work stutters, good work whispers, great work speaks, but extraordinary work shouts. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Churchill was an articulatory genius."

~R. Alan Woods [2013] — R. Alan Woods

Let your work speak for itself:
If poor, it will remain silent.
If average, it will whisper.
If good, it will talk.
If great, it will shout.
If genius, it will sing. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Look at every 'revolutionary' brand or category killer, it had an app, or a feature, or a functionality, or a user experience nobody else at that point could offer. I refer to this as 'the Killer App' principle. — David Brier

My girl was mad and I loved her. Upon a night, she read my poetry; and kissing me madly she cried, 'You are a genius, my love!' To which I replied, 'My girl,' whispering, 'Every doctor in this land with a prescription pad is more of a genius than I. — Roman Payne

Contemplation and writing demand solitude, which leads to a sorry feeling of isolation and detachment. Writers try to call their loneliness genius, and the world believes them most of the time. — Anthony Marais

Genius is an inner inherent intuition and perception. It is not a teachable condition. — Debasish Mridha

Genius begins where talent ends. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true. — Dejan Stojanovic

Men embrace you when you are talented,
men overlook you when you're not,
men scorn you when you are a genius,
the world spits out those it understands not. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Stand out because you think differently.
Stand out because you speak differently.
Stand out because you act differently.
Stand out because you work differently.
Stand out because you live differently. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Transcend your doubts.
Transcend your fears.
Transcend your weaknesses.
Transcend your limits. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Skill gives you the sky,
talent gives you the stars,
and genius gives you the universe. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Genius leaps centuries forward. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The path to mediocrity is wide; the path to greatness is narrow, and the path to genius is hidden; few find it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Talent seeps out of a man;
genius bursts out of him. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It's not true that we lose our creative genius when we grow older, but we grow older because we forget to use our creative genius. — Debasish Mridha

Renounce poor work.
Shun trivial work.
Entertain respectable work.
Welcome superior work.
Honor transcendent work. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The road to failure is wide.
The road to mediocrity is smooth.
The road to success is bumpy.
The road to genius is narrow.
The road to greatness is steep. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Excellence is the first step on the stairway to genius. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The opposite of value is a commodity item with little or no perceived value - which means people are not seeking it out and when they do, it's merely one of the many choices (so very likely the cheapest offering will get the sale). — David Brier

To be ridiculed for your genius is better than to be praised for your mediocrity. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Dream the impossible.
See the invisible.
Pursue the intangible.
Achieve the incredible. — Matshona Dhliwayo

As we dreamers make our souls into evolved fields, our genius is nutured and our presence and everything we create becomes charged and capable of positively altering the fields of others. In this process, we become more essentially human-which is to say, paradoxically, more divine. — Carolyn Elliott

Being an investment banker is pretty much the perfect job for an all around triple-threat genius, and because I'm doing so well with it, I know I'm actually smarter than certifiable geniuses like Stephen Hawking and Einstein. — A.D. Aliwat

Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control — Bangambiki Habyarimana

So it comes down to scarcity, one product or service having qualities you won't find everywhere or ideally, anywhere. It's the job of every brand to seek that out as their standard, their stamp. — David Brier

Knowledge will give you strength,
but wisdom will give you power.
Talent will give you respect,
but genius will give you honor.
Pleasure will give you happiness,
but joy will give you contentment.
Strength will give you fortitude,
but love will give you dominion.
Courage will give you victory,
but faith will give you greatness.
Virtue will give you the world,
but God will give you universe. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A genius is usually born on the way to relentless perfection with tireless persistence. — Debasish Mridha

When it comes to most true bipolars, consider this thought: Genius by birth, bipolar by design. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Creativity is the fountain of genius. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Genius is not born. You make yourself a genius by imagination and perspiration. — Debasish Mridha

I beg you, help me, in angelic charity,
Pray my efforts will reflect your mastery! — E.A. Bucchianeri

A diamond is just another stone to one who is ignorant of its value. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To walk in the footsteps of the great, put on their shoes. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Mediocrity is your enemy,
satisfactory is your acquaintance,
excellence is your friend,
and genius is your soul mate. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A genius is a lunatic who made it! — Steve K. Smy

Being ahead of your time means leaving people behind. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Talent is thunder;
genius is lightning. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Doing what others have done is skill.
Dong what few have done is talent.
Doing what none have done is genius.
Going where others have gone is competence.
Going where few have gone is excellence.
Going where none have gone is transcendence. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Ideas are the currency of innovation. — David Brier

A fish is a genius in water.
An eagle is a genius in air.
A fox is a genius on land.
A sage is a genius in life. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It is at the edge of excellence that genius awaits. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon. — Karl Lagerfeld

Don't get ensnared in self-doubt, dare to look stupid. Genius are born that way. — Sarvesh Jain

Excellence is a shortcut to genius. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Eccentricity is one syndrome of genius;
it seldom needs a cure. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To reclaim our natural power and this birthright of real magic, we must get naked and face ourselves.

The truth of Who You Really Are is vast. It is genius. It crackles with electricity and sensuality and other forbidden, dangerous things. You have longed for it all your life. You catch glimpses of it from the corner of your eye. A riff of music reminds you, a surge of ecstasy during sex brings you home, a crisp Autumn wind carries some long forgotten scent which thrills you for inexplicable reasons. A thousand tiny hints show up to seduce you awake and lead you back into your true nature, but they flee when you try to grasp them and leave you wondering if you were just imagining things.
You weren't though.
This quality of richness and balance and home is Who You Really Are. That is the kingdom we seek and it waits for us to find it. It wants us to regain our rightful place. — Jacob Nordby

One of her favorite lines was, "The difference between genius and stupidity s that genius has limits. — Kate Karyus Quinn

Genius leaps centuries. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A step towards genius is better than a hundred steps towards success. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Genius is nothing but a mastery of the subject at hand — Bangambiki Habyarimana

To be genius at one thing is better than to be talented at many. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A great sports car that goes from 0-60 in 3.9 seconds is just a fact. To the wrong audience, it's irrelevant. But to the right audience, it's a passion. — David Brier

Put a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

It is true love that can activate the beauty and power of true genius. — Debasish Mridha

Write the masterpiece that has not been written.
Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung.
Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted.
Create the masterpiece that has not been created. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There are three points I used to help a gourmet chocolatier increase sales 300% in a single month as well as a Midwest city to increase tourism guests 500% in 12 months. — David Brier

Bend the rules only if you have learned them; break the rules only if you have mastered them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To be bold is to be filled with magick, genius and power ... — Stephen Richards

Talent will take you to the mountaintop. Genius will take you to the edge of the universe. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Talent guided by genius can achieve anything — Jamie Scallion

Have you noticed how the cleverest people at school are not those who make it in life?
People who are conventionally clever get jobs on their qualifications (the past), not on their desire to succeed (the future).
Very simply, they get overtaken by those who continually strive to be better than they are. — Paul Arden

We are the instruments of genius, yet more the rhythm and less the drum as each expanding beat arises. — Heather K. O'Hara

I am not a genius but I approach every situation with love. — Debasish Mridha

Persistence creates genius; without persistence, there is no winner. — Debasish Mridha

Poet
To mask the fiery thought,
in simple words succeeds.
For still the craft of genius is,
To mask a king in weeds — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Genius is believing in yourself — Bangambiki Habyarimana

The only quality that distinguishes the greats from the masses, is the unwillingness to give up. — Abhijit Naskar

Follow your dreams, not the crowd. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Dream the impossible.
See the impossible.
Pursue the impossible.
Achieve the impossible. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We all act as independent learners in charge of designing our autodidactic curricula. Reading the books written by the prophetic genius of history including the literary masterpieces and philosophical treatises awakens the mind. Reading can act as a gateway drug leading to writing and expansion of a personal state of conscious awareness. — Kilroy J. Oldster

One who knows what he or she knows as well as what he or she does not know is a genius. — Abhijit Naskar

Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire! — John Forster

Be it in you, or around you, harness genius. — Matshona Dhliwayo

One spark of genius,suddenly the entire world is filled with anticipation — Elliot Kesebonye

Skill is in your mind.
Talent is in your heart.
Genius is in your soul. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The biggest mistake brands make are trying to "sell their stuff" rather than clarifying what people are actually buying. — David Brier

It becomes a question of 'How do we convey our differentiation instantaneously?' and drive a wedge between any apparent (or assumed) sameness in the marketplace. — David Brier

Your mind can imagine what others cannot.
Your heart can sense what others cannot.
Your soul can receive what others cannot.
Your feet can go where others cannot.
Your hands can do what others cannot. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You are a potential genius, so unleash your potential to release your genius. — Debasish Mridha

Showing up is 80% of life. — Woody Allen

Talent helps mankind leap years.
Brilliance helps mankind leap decades.
Genius helps mankind leap centuries. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Genius is steps shy of the divine. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest talent cannot surpass the lowest genius. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If a great mansion is located in a wrong environment, it loses its real value! So it is, when a great and true genius fails to get the right stage, its real value is least seen! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

A genius, like a prophet, reaches into the future, but through his work. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When it comes to branding and the ever-changing social media phenomenon, you're not a mushroom. In other words, you shouldn't be kept in the dark and fed a pile of...well, you get the idea. — David Brier

Evidently, one thing seems to have more value in direct proportion to whether or not we feel we have the freedoms, joys or conveniences of that thing. — David Brier

A touch of genius is better than a punch of talent. — Matshona Dhliwayo