Quotes on Talent

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

Genius is talent exercised with courage.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting one's talents and gifts to the benefits of others - these are the measures of success that endure when material things have passed away.

I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he believes he cannot compose music, he will come to nothing. He will not try hard enough. He will give up too soon when the elusive right melody takes too long to materialize.

Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.

Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.

Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things!

Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call.

The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.

The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land.

Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only in their works.

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents.

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?

Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. In gratitude for your good fortune, you must remember in return some sacrifice of your own life for another life.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.

Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.