Quotes on Special Talents

A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.

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

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.