#talent

Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it. ↗

— Asafa Powell

#been #i #kind #lazy #over

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#enough #genius #much #plenty #talent

Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#genius #gift #higherlife #human-resources #ipad

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums. ↗

— Amy Smart

#because #both #film #highly #i

...how absurd human beings are and how magnificent. ↗

— Benjamin Zander

#contradiction #creativity #possibility #talent #art

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#motivation #talent #attitude

Her father sat her down and spoke to her with great seriousness. "You are not a witch, Katerina. There is magic in the world, and some of it is wholesome, and some of it is not, but it is a thing that is in the blood, and it is not in yours. "The foolish will always treat you badly, because they think you are not beautiful," he said, and she knew this was true. Plain Kate. She was a plain as a stick and thin as a stick and flat as a stick. Her nose was too long and her brows too strong. Her father kissed her twice, once above each brow. "We cannot help what fools think. But understand, it is your skill with a blade that draws this talk. If you want to give up your carving, you have my blessing." "I will never give it up," she answered. ↗

— Erin Bow

#appearence #daughter #determination #father #looks

Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#dogmatic #exhibited #important #man #material

Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. ↗

— Erica Jong

#talent #courage

Champions are made and not born. Champion’s feat are acquired and not inherited, earned and not transferred, attained and not deposited ↗

— Ikechukwu Joseph

#create-vision #destiny #develop-talents #discover-potentials #dreams