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Quotes About Talents

And is that all you can say for him?" cried Marianne, indignantly. "But what are his manners on more intimate acquaintance? What his pursuits, his talents, and genius?" Sir John was rather puzzled.
~ Jane Austen
Sir Edward's great object in life was to be seductive. With such personal advantages as he knew himself to possess, and such talents as he did also give himself credit for, he regarded it as his duty. He felt that he was formed to be a dangerous man - quite in line of the Lovelaces.
~ Jane Austen
there were many well-qualified but unhappy wives in Cambridge whose individual talents had been totally disregarded, spurned by a system which refused to acknowledge that wives and mothers might be capable of an intellectual identity of their own.
~ Jane Hawking
I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.
~ Doris Lessing
I think everybody has talents that haven't been tapped into. They can go unnoticed your entire life.
~ Nnamdi Asomugha
The N.C.A.A. is a multibillion-dollar business built on the talents of players who are often unqualified for or uninterested in being students and who benefit materially from the system only if they are among the few who turn professional.
~ David Shields
I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.
~ Reba McEntire
I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.
~ Joshua Lederberg
I came to CSIR with a passion to apply all of my scientific - entrepreneurial talents to help uplift the masses of Indians through the delivery of technologies.
~ Shiva Ayyadurai
When startups succeed, they do so against all odds. In the beginning, you have nothing except for your own talents and resources. By definition, everyone else is bigger, further along, and more established than you. To win, you have to swim upstream early on - and that requires hard work and long hours. There are no shortcuts.
~ Clara Shih
The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite's entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity and upward mobility, and the promise that 'merit' correlates with talents and deserts.
~ Ross Douthat
Use your unique gifts and talents to make a difference in the world.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
There is always something good and unique in the life of every woman so put those talents and wisdom to good use today, by so doing you will make your world a better place than you met it.
~ Jaachynma N.E. Agu
For women, the important ingredients for happiness are to forge an identity, serve the Lord, get an education, develop your talents, serve your family, and, if possible, to have a family of your own.
~ James E. Faust
Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.
~ Frank Gehry
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.
~ Aristotle
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.
~ Abraham Maslow
Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.
~ Jessie J
Work on your strong points because they are what made you.
~ Arsene Wenger
The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.
~ Jeff Bridges
Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.
~ Timothy Ferriss
No te esfuerces por corregir tus debilidades; potencia tus fortalezas.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Es de lejos mucho más lucrativo y divertido aprovechar tus fortalezas en lugar de tratar de arreglar todos tus puntos débiles.
~ Timothy Ferriss
triunfas porque localizas tus capacidades únicas y te concentras en desarrollar rutinas en torno a ellas.
~ Timothy Ferriss