#talent

There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#fiction #on-fiction #talent #value #vocation

I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved. ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #better #betterment #change #creativity

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

— Erica Jong

#talent #courage

When you have the courage to follow your talents into the dark unknown places they lead, often God will send angels to light your way. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#confidence #skills #talents #courage

Okay, so anagrams. That’s one. Got any other charming talents?” she asked, and now he felt confident. Finally, Colin turned to her, gathering in his gut the slim measure of courage available to him, and said, “Well, I’m a fair kisser. ↗

— John Green

#colin #courage #cute #katherine #kiss

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players. ↗

— Pau Gasol

#because #different #different players #enough #further

You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written at least part of it. You will never really know until you have written the whole of it and submitted it for publication. ↗

— Ngaio Marsh

#writing #death

Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence. ↗

— Wayde Goodall

#gifts #leadership #reading #success #talent

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#leadership #talent #leadership

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