#talents

Though I may accumulate a great deal of riches in this world, it is only my wealth of knowledge, talents, and emotional bonds that I keep when I leave. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#family-relationships #friendship #knowledge #money #relationships

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents. ↗

— Edward Hoagland

#force #kick #like #talents #wakes

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ↗

— Horace

#circumstances #dormant #effect #lain #prosperous

One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine. ↗

— Tory Burch

#giving #greatest #others #recognizing #shine

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#become #choose #construction #flatterers #guides

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

— Luc de Clapiers

#endow #evil #fortune #great #greatest

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#came #had #i #kid #kind

I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had, had been recognized. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#because #been #brotherhood #deep #feelings

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#else #genius #given #more #none

I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#believe #deny #i #i am #i believe