Home » Quote » John C. Maxwell » „Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.“ „Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.“ — John C. Maxwell Related quotes „No talent, but a character.“ — Heinrich Heine „Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.“ — Paulo Coelho „Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce, and not the talent of Henry James.“ — Vladimir Nabokov „Characters and talents are complemental and suppletory. The world stands by balanced antagonisms.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson „The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.“ — Albert Einstein