Genius Quotes and Messages

Genius is often seen as a rare and mysterious gift, but the truth is that we all have the potential to be geniuses. These inspiring quotes from some of the world's greatest minds will remind you of your brilliance and motivate you to unlock your potential and achieve greatness.

There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

I don’t want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

I don’t want to be a genius-I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

There is no off position on the genius button.

There is no off position on the genius button.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

The only genius that’s worth anything is the genius for hard work.

The only genius that’s worth anything is the genius for hard work.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.

Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

I don’t want to be a genius – I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

I don’t want to be a genius – I have enough problems just trying to be a man.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people; the insistence on small miracles.

That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people; the insistence on small miracles.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it’s true. It’s a new world every heart beat.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it’s true. It’s a new world every heart beat.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.