Quotes About Giftedness

It is amazing how quickly a true talent can announce itself. In the case of Myla Goldberg, it is not even a matter of pages, but of sentences.

The lucky person passes for a genius.

I have been blessed with musical visions and the ability to harness them.

Poetry is given to the poet. I don't think a poet can sit down at will and write. If he does, nothing worthwhile can come of it.

Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different

I don't think artists are made, I think they're born.

You're either good at boxing, or you're not.

That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him

Lord, I dedicate myself to developing and using my strengths for Your honor and glory. I want to excel at what I am gifted to do. Help me to know my strengths and to handle my weaknesses in a way that does not distract me from being effective for You. Amen.

We must be brought to a place where, naturally gifted though we may be, we dare not speak except in conscious and continual dependence on Him.

Talent attracts opportunity.

Some people may be more gifted than others, but excellence in writing, as in any art form or craft, involves discipline and practice.

It does take a special something. Whatever that 'something' is, I'm reliably told I have it in spades..." -Rodimus

Talent is an accident of genes — and a responsibility.

All my children inherited perfect pitch.

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.

Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail can restore to excellence).

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

If you're really chosen for music, it just comes to you and you just let it pass through. That's how I create.

A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

When you consistently complain about the things you are gifted to do, check your motivation.

Itu cita-citamu? Menjadi penyair?" "Tidak. Aku tidak punya bakat untuk itu." "Apa bakatmu?" "Aku tidak tahu. Tidak semua orang punya bakat?" "Benar. Meski orang-orang mengatakan sebaliknya.

you can never know how far any individual can go since reading aptitudes are as unique as basketball or bowling aptitudes.

Carmack quickly distinguished himself. In second grade, only seven years old, he scored nearly perfect on every standardized test, placing himself at a ninth-grade comprehension level.