Intelligent Vs Brilliant

It is not how much intelligent you are that actually matters. It is how you channelize the intelligence that you have that matters and makes you brilliant - akp

There is one Professor who influenced me a lot (and so did he on several others too!). He is intelligent. But thinking deeply, I feel it is not just his intelligence that brought him the laurels - for I think there are several others whom I have come across who are at least as brilliant as he is but not so renowned. I believe it is his brilliance to channelize what he knew into actions that made a difference in one way or the other that singles him out from the rest!