Quotes about Talent

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

Artistic talent is like a brilliant firework which streaks across a pitch-black night, inspiring awe among onlookers but extinguishing itself in seconds, leaving behind only darkness and longing.

It's not how high you jump, how fast you run. All you guys here can run faster, jump higher. But I'll tell you, I can get my friend Larry Bird and the two of us will play any two of you and when it's all said and done, we will get the last laugh.

I flapped open the lid of my cardboard guitar case and whipped out my old Martin. Mr. Killen seemed a little taken aback. I think he wasn't sure whether I was going to play the guitar or brain him with it. He breathed a sigh of relief when I went into a song. Bill hustled his guitar out as fast as he could and joined in. I sang loud and strong with the security that comes with knowing that one way or another, it'll be over soon.

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.

Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out.

We must all be cut out for what we do, he thought. However you make your living is where your talent lies.

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

As a next generation leader you already possess the talent and intuition necessary to lead. But chances are it is your courage that will establish you as a leader in the minds of others. To put it in perspective, try to identify a leader worth following who didn't pop up on the public radar screen as a result of a decision or action that required courage.