#ale

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor. (Eric Hoffer 1902-1983) ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#persistence #talent #inspirational

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics. ↗

— Edward Said

#caught #completely #directly #english #felt

Van Halen is a work in progress. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#progress #van #van halen #work

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#games #intelligence #talent #teamwork #wins

There are many people of color who are very talented. ↗

— James D. Watson

#many #people #talented #very #who

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#curious #i #i am #only #passionately

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#chinese culture #culture #different #equivalent #geisha

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! ↗

— Thomas Hood

#call #choose #day #every #every day

People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#come #contacts #easily #engage #freedom

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#civil #civil servants #crisis #decades #develop