Talent Quotes

The hard fact is that writing is available to readers because of market factors as much as particular writing talent.

~ Sara Sheridan

Hope is not some abstract, softheaded concept. It is an idea with an engine.

~ Don Maruska

Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.

~ Matthew Quick

Because I’ve gotten older, I worry that there will be a steep decline in my talent, but I promise not to let the same thing happen to my passion for writing.

~ Pat Conroy

best practices are useful reference points, but they must come with a warning label : The more you rely on external intelligence, the less you will value an internal idea. And this is the age of the idea

~ Gyan Nagpal

Talent, just like gold or any other precious commodity is subject to the same demand & supply economics

~ Gyan Nagpal

The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world.

~ Charlene Costanzo

The emotion of art is impersonal. And the poet cannot reach this impersonality without surrendering himself wholly to the work to be done. And he is not likely to know what is to be done unless he lives in what is not merely the present, but the present moment of the past, unless he is conscious, not of what is dead, but of what is already living.

~ T.s. Eliot

I have been blessed with luck, talent and opportunities, now it is my duty to add the hardworking element.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

A clear personal brand communicates what you have to offer and attracts desirable opportunities.

~ Don Maruska

Being satisfied with the little we have; academically, spiritually, financially, ecumenically or otherwise will prevent a lot of problems from coming to us, and our dependence in our abilities and talents will go as far as bringing us satisfaction in life.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Talent helps, but it won't take you as far as ambition.

~ Paul Arden

When the right stage gets missing, true talent that can grow to inspire, nurture and change lives least gets the right stage to manifest; real deft and dexterity remains latent and people only die with their dreams, abilities and capabilities.

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Talents too many, not enough of any.

~ Naomi Wood

Talent is one thing, personality and attitude is everything!

~ Lily Amis

His whole being, his whole life was awakened in one instant, as if youth returned to him, as if the extinguished sparks of talent blazed up again. The blindfold suddenly fell from his eyes. God! to ruin the best years of his youth so mercilessly; to destroy, to extinguish the spark of fire that had perhaps flickered in his breast, that perhaps would have developed by now into greatness and beauty, that perhaps would also have elicited tears of amazement and gratitude!

~ Nikolai Gogol

Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.

~ Meg Wolitzer

Adams has shown a nearly inexhaustible desire, leavened with an equal amount of sheer talent- five decades' worth and counting- in an unrelenting effort to stabilize, strengthen, and improve the standing of indigenous peoples, minority groups, and the larger society as well. He is an exemplary Native activist, indeed.

~ David E. Wilkins

But sometimes, talent isn't worth shit. There are tons of talentless people out there making zillions of dollars. And unfortunately, an equal number of brilliant artists whose name and voices you'll never hear. - Paul Hudson

~ Tiffanie Debartolo

People who can solve problems in a new way are the innovators.

~ Pearl Zhu

Have you ever taken yourself a bit too seriously, thinking that who you are is actually defined by what you look like, how much talent you have (or don't have), how well known you are (or aren't), or how much money you have (or don't have)? Those are all garments and labels you wear during the course of your stay here on this planet, but it's not who you are. At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, you will turn all of that back in just like a car you had on lease.

~ Dennis Merritt Jones

Perfection is doing all that you could. And there's not a single thing more you can do.

~ Ahmad Ihsan Mohamad

Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How many in this world do you think stand in the front rank? Are all the rest of us to give up and sit on our hands rather than serve humbly where we deserve?

~ Edith Pargeter

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

~ Criss Jami

Being an outsider doesn't necessarily indicate any sort of social failing. We do not view a tuba player as musically challenged if he cannot play the violin.

~ Alexandra Robbins

A gifted violin player in danger of becoming a virtuoso and thus too attached to his instrument handed it over to the Oneida authorities and never played again. When a visiting Canadian teacher complained that the community did not foster “genius or special talent,” Noyes was delighted, replying, “We never expected or desired to produce a Byron, a Napoleon, or a Michelangelo.” You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.

~ Sarah Vowell

The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.

~ Sara Sheridan

Aging is scary but fascinating, and great talent morphs in strange and often enlightening ways.

~ Bruce Springsteen

My friends say I'm a fool to think that you're the one for me, I guess I'm just a sucker for love. (love love) 'Cause honsetly the truth is that you know I'm never leaving, 'cause your my angel sent from above. (bove bove) Me and you can do no wrong. My money is yours give you a lil more 'cause I love ya, love ya. With me girl is where you belong...-Love Me

~ Justin Bieber

Everyone is useful for specific task.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

How could I explain why I'd acted that way? How could I explain how scary it was, to find out that I needed her so much? Was I supposed to tell her how she'd changed everything? Like how U hadn't even realized how bad I felt until she'd made it better, just by looking at me. Like how I thought she was awesome, bad-ass ninja, and what I hated was the fact that I knew I couldn't protect her, when that's all I wanted to do. How could I explain, without sounding like a complete asshole, that I was so afraid of losing her I pushed her away? I couldn't.

~ Susan Bischoff

You think you have no ‘talent’? Write anyway. lots of people with ‘talent’ don’t actually act on it. As long as you write, you will learn, you will improve, and you will be better than anyone claiming to have ‘talent.

~ M. Kirin

If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

I think some entertainers have been very irresponsible in their part in making drug use a fad among young people. They say, look at so-and-so, he's a pot head and look what it has done for him. The truth is, he was talented to start with. I mean, if you have vacuity and expand it, you still have vacuity.

~ Oliver

Human tragedies:We all want to be extraordinaryand we all just want to fit in.Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in.

~ Sebastyne Young

Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.

~ Wayde Goodall

Talent is not enough, hard work makes the difference

~ Sunday Adelaja

Talent alone can't give you a gold medal.There is practise,there is hard work and there is a will to succeed.

~ Keith Peters

There's no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all equals as human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that's that. I am not talented. I am obsessed.

~ Conor Mcgregor