Quotes about Talent

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

And then there are painters who never do anything that is no good, who cannot do anything bad, just as there are ordinary people who can do nothing but good.

King James was brilliant. He was the greatest king who ever sat on the British throne. Who else among royalty, in his time, would have had the giant talent to write Shakespeare's works? It was he who poetically fixed the Bible - which in itself and in its present King James version enslaved the world.

I've put my genius into my life; I've only put my talent into my works.

Jimmy Van Heusen was a top security test pilot in World War II as well as being a great songwriter. He was absolutely incredible. Van Heusen inspired me to write music.

So it's more the musician in me that makes me stretch out and try different things more than anything. But, like a lot of guitar players, I have one certain niche that's my thing that I'm better at than the others.

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

And that, in my opinion, is the first goal of leadership—namely, getting the very best out of the people in your organization, whether they have talent to spare or are spare on talent.

Potential is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.