Talent Quotes

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.

It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.

I know what my talents are, and at the end of the day I'm an actor who can dance.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.

In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord.

Rock music is predictable, unless theres great talent involved.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

You cannot fake effort; talent is great, but perseverance is necessary.

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

The most important talent for a shinobi is not the numberof jutsu. The important thing is... HAVING THE GUTS TO NEVER GIVE UP.

I want to see genuine talent rewarded.

Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

Talent is like money; you don't have to have some to talk about it.

Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Succession planning has been a major priority at Southwest for quite some time. We think we have come up with a winning combination of talent for our company reorganization.

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.

The truth won't set us free until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential.

Okay, I'm lazy. But being lazy is a talent. Sometimes it takes an awful lot of work.

It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.

Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time.

This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.

Your education experience, talent intelligence, and financial situations don't matter. The important thing is the direction in which you focus your unique, powerful, creative mind

The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent.

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.

I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art, and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. And with my talent level and my skill level, I'll get there.

Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.

Too many people chase dreams that they don't understand. Too many people try to go for things that they'd like to do, but they're not realistic enough to know they don't have the talent.

Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express.

France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.

Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.