1,160 Quotes About Talent

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

As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it.

To use a man for what he is naturally best fitted is to keep him, if one can, from apostasy and dissatisfaction. At the same time, life's temptations come most often from that for which one has the greatest aptitude.

Beauty is a God-given talent that we should all conserve.

How did the hearing go?” she asked.“We won, sort of,” Kaldar said. “We die at dawn.”“The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,” William corrected.“Yes, but ‘we die at dawn the day after tomorrow’ doesn’t sound nearlyas dramatic.”“Does it have to be dramatic all the time?” Catherine murmured.“Of course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine ismaking melodramatic statements.

It's ridiculous, how people judge talent. Or, rather, don't judge. They just default to what everyone else thinks.

Desigur, viata [...] e, pentru un scriitor tanar, o prada care nu cedeaza daca nu stii de unde sa apuci.

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.

Il te restera toujours tes rèves pour réinventer le monde que l'on t'a confisqué.