#talent

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#child #creativeness #his #man #milieu

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#desire #intense #intense desire #only #opportunities

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#perishable #talent #youth

If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#balls #caring #demon #dickens #enormous

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#doing #easily #find #genius #impossible

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#like #must #open #talent #while

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

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

#lord #make #most #must #steward

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. ↗