Quotes about Talent

Did you ever feel as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using-you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others.

All the human talent, cleverness, and church-growth methods in the world can never compare with the invisible but very real blessing of God.

I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love.

I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music.

A lot of my friends who were bigger than me at school got into academies at professional clubs but none are pros now. And none of them has put on an England shirt.

I don't want to be a glamour doll. I want roles which provide me the scope to perform.

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

He got the reputation for being a good musician because he drank so much that his friends had to explain him away somehow--

He was born sleepless without a talent for rest or the desire for it. --Cecelia Brady about Stahr

She danced exceptionally well, drew cleverly but hastily, and had a startling facility with words, which she used only in love letters.