Talent alone does not guarantee success.

Meaning: Having a natural ability or skill is not enough to ensure success. You need to put in effort and work hard to achieve your goals.

Choice of Words: Talent means a natural ability or skill. Alone means without anything else. Guarantee means to make sure something will happen. Success means achieving your goal or doing something well.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Talent alone doesn't guarantee success.
• Talent alone is not enough.
• Brushing alone is not enough for oral hygiene.
• Time is money, waste not, want not.
• Waste not, want not.
• What does that mean?
• It's okay to make mistakes, everyone does.
• Dog does tricks.
• How does it work?
• Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.