Quotes About Talent

Essere felici è un talento.

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity

Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.

All six of us are geniuses. And the world, as you know, is empty.

There are no silicon mines in Silicon Valley. The wealth resides in the minds of Google engineers and Hollywood script doctors, directors and special-effects wizards, who would be on the first plane to Bangalore or Mumbai long before the Chinese tanks rolled into Sunset Boulevard.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

When I finished the first draft of Death Will Get You Sober, I joined Sisters in Crime and, later, Mystery Writers of America. After that, it was a matter of doing a lot of revision, sending out hundreds of queries over several years, and applying "talent, persistence, and luck"--sometimes known as "persistence, persistence, persistence."

Don't you know about the praying mantis that waved its arms angrily in front of an approaching carriage, unaware that they were incapable of stopping it? Such was the high opinion it had of its talents.

You never abandon a gift that made you cry with joy. Never!

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

desire is the catalyst that enables a person with average ability to compete and win against others with more natural talent.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.

Obviously, raw talent is important, but the difference-maker between first and the rest of the pack is usually desire.

I sing, and I really should've stuck with it, because it's really what I love to do. It's probably what I'm best at, too.

Whatever we have is only a potential. It becomes visible only if the other part has a lower potential.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.

Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.

A hero's talent lies latent within the self. It sleeps within him as seeds of possibilities. When discovered and nurtured, the seeds grow and flower. This flowering of his talent is a hero's true vocation.

Leaders search very deep for their identity. A great identity yields great possibilities in life. A great identity gives greater action choices. A search for our true identity is a kind of talent search within our own selves. There are talents that are latent. They sleep within us as seeds of possibilities. When we discover and nurture these seeds they grow and flower. This flowering is a leader's true vocation.