Talents are shown as personal super‑powers that can push you past ordinary limits. The quotes stress that each person is born with a unique set of abilities and that success comes from using those gifts instead of copying others. They also remind us to accept what we can offer rather than focusing on what we lack.
![“By... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/952/thomas-jefferson-43_class_by-selecting-the-youths-of-genius-from-a_932967.jpg)
