This is a compilation of thoughts and quotes that I have found or written recently, as well as many that I've collected throughout the years. Most thoughts are posted randomly, as I feel inspired. A listing of quotes can be found alphabetically (check the 2008 and 2009 archives listing), or by source.

Feel free to suggest additions!


“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Genius Quotes

1. Genius is mainly an affair of energy. - Matthew Arnold

2. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas Edison

3. Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. - Joseph Joubert

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

5. A genius is someone who shoots at a target no one else sees and hits it. - Unknown

6. Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck. - Katharine Hepburn

7. I do not despise genius – indeed, I wish I had a basketful of it. But yet, after a great deal of experience and observation, I have become convinced that industry is a better horse to ride than genius. It may never carry any man as far as genius has carried individuals, but industry – patient, steady, intelligent industry – will carry thousands into comfort, and even celebrity; and this it does with absolute certainty. - Walter Lippman

8. The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -Albert Einstein

9. To see things in the seed, that is genius. - Lao Tsu

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