A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for a star to shine and not get noticed, even in the dark.
Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.
Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.
Your mind is a reservoir of potential, your heart an ocean of strength, your soul a well of talents, and your body a vessel of power.
It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it, which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.
You only ever have three things: 1) your self, wellbeing and mindset 2) Your life network, resources and resourcefulness 3) Your reputation and goodwill. Treasure and tend the first. Value, support and build the second. And mindfully, wisely ensure that the third (your life current and savings account) is always in credit.
~ Rasheed Ogunlaru
To evade arrogance, remind yourself (from time to time) that your talent or success could have been better. To be thankful, remind yourself (every now and then) that your illness or failure could have been worse.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
There's no difficulty that love cannot conquer... no door love cannot open...No wall enough love will not bring down... only if we could love enough When love, skill, a talent or gift work together... we create a masterpieceLove someone with your skill, your talent or our gift... Make someone's life easier... Make someone happy today... Create your masterpiece today
~ Val Uchendu
If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.
Genius is in you, but like a seed, you determine whether it dies or grows.
Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.
The first time you succeed it is chance, the second time it is luck, the third time it is skill, the fourth time it is talent, and the fifth time it is genius.
Talent is like a little seed; when nurtured, it will flourish.
Skill gives you legs to jog, talent gives you legs to run, brilliance gives you legs to sprint, but genius gives you wings to fly.
A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.
A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.
A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.
If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.
The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.
Don't run with the crowd, fly with the stars.
Stars don’t beg the world for attention, their beauty forces us to look up.
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
Be a girl with a mind, beauty and talents!
~ Hopal Green
All great talents are never found in rich exquisite locales with perfect setting that enhance their creative works, but on the contrary are found in the most obnoxious circumstances yet are unaffected by them and create masterpieces at the most unpredictable situations, just like a lotus flower blossoming in a muddy pond!
~ Ramana Pemmaraju
Good talent needs a showcase to prove its worth.There are many cases across the world across arts where good and talented artists have disappeared bcz no one saw them.
~ Chetan Katigar
The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave.
~ Kilroy J. Oldster
Your special spiritual gifts and talents are your calling.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
You don't have to boast for work that speaks for itself.
Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.
There's a difference between disclosing that which is only your business and hiding away from the world and not seeing, shining and sharing your magic.
If you seek success, serve others. If you seek immortality give. Serve or give your time, skills, talent or gift. In the end, what you leave behind are trails of the lives you changed and the hearts you touched.
When you apply that gift you possess that comes so easily to you and can be used anywhere, anytime to help someone else; maybe your family, your community, your city, state, country or the world in general... that is your PURPOSE.
In the presence of the sun nobody sees the stars; excel, and you too will eclipse your competition.
