Talent without effort is wasted.

Meaning: You need to work hard to make the most of your natural talents.

Choice of Words: Talent is a natural ability. Effort is the amount of work you put into something. Wasted means not used effectively. Together, it means that if you don't work hard to develop your natural abilities, they will be useless.

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Natural ability is useless without hard work.

Meaning: This means that having a natural ability at something is not enough. You need to work hard and practice to make the most of your talent.

Choice of Words: Natural ability is another way of saying talent. Useless means something that has no purpose or value. Hard work means putting in a lot of effort and dedication. When you put them together, "Natural ability is useless without hard work" means that even if you have a special talent, you will not be successful without putting in the effort to develop it.

To make the most of your talent, you need to put in the effort.

Meaning: This means that if you want to be successful and use your talent to the best of your ability, you need to put in the hard work and dedication.

Choice of Words: Make the most of means to use something to its full potential. Effort means the work or energy that you put into something. When you put them together, "To make the most of your talent, you need to put in the effort" means that in order to use your talent to its fullest potential, you need to work hard and practice.

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