Quotes About Talent

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame.

Perhaps the chief cause which has retarded the progress of poetry in America, is the want of that exclusive cultivation, which so noble a branch of literature would seem to require. Few here think of relying upon the exertion of poetic talent for a livelihood, and of making literature the profession of life. The bar or the pulpit claims the greater part of the scholar's existence, and poetry is made its pastime.

All of a sudden one day I was like, I'm good at this! Oh, man! People are not giving me jobs because they feel sorry for me! I am an actress. I am a singer. I am a performer. That's what I do! Once I started giving myself a little credit, the whole world opened up.

Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.

Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never

I'm brilliant as well as skilled, he said modestly. It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

One more tip, kids. If you had any real talent, the air would practically have been on fire when you got ready to throw down. But you losers don't have enough magic between you to turn cereal into breakfast.

It's a curse to be so damned talented when I'm already obscenely good-looking, but I try to soldier on as best I can.

Shakespeare and a very few others qualified but thousands and thousands of others dropped into the void without a sound.

The three most important assets in a footballer, he always said, were 'skill, flair and character'.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have- next to talent, of course- is her hairdresser.

I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course, - is her hairdresser.

Out under the pepper trees the boys from the Mexican crew sat around sucking caramels, and down the road some of the technical men sat around a place which served a stuffed lobster and a glass of tequila for one dollar American, but it was inside the cavernous empty commissary where the talent sat around, the reasons for the exercise, all sitting around the big table picking at huevos con queso and Carta Blanca beer.

She was all the things I wasn't. And i was all the things she wasn't. she could paint circles around anyone; I couldn't even draw a straight line. She was never into sports; I've always been. Her hand, it fit mine.

Not every hard worker can be a leader

Let your work show off for you and not your ego.

Just because ANYONE CAN, DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE CAN.

Talent does not search for the person, in fact the person needs to search for the talent inside him and take it out to show the world.

Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy

Talent is not enough, hard work makes the difference

Talent alone can't give you a gold medal.There is practise, there is hard work and there is a will to succeed.

it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end

If talent without hard work was a dead-end street, talent with hard work could only be a highway.