Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven… — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
“This man has talent, that man genius And here's the strange and cruel difference: Talent gives pence and his reward is gold,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
Here is the reality - as I've been saying for longer than I can remember, Scott Walker is a mediocre county executive… — Rick Ungar Copy Share Image
My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
True artists pursue greatness in craft in order to give the Lord the best fruit of the talent He has given them,… — Charlie Peacock Copy Share Image
I didn't have any looks, I didn't have any talent, and it was easy for me to say to the Lord, "I… — Kathryn Kuhlman Copy Share Image
Establishing mood through pictorial means is the director Ridley Scott's most notable talent. There may be no working director more accomplished at… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Human wisdom makes as ill use of her talent when she exercises it in rescinding from the number and sweetness of those… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Take a Nicodemus and put a Joseph Smith's spirit in him, and what do you have? Take a Da Vinci or a… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
It is possible to get a degree in Engineering by merely passing the exams and not really learning the concepts in depth,… — Ravichandran Ashwin Copy Share Image
I believe that if each one of us have successful solo careers, it can only help the group's growth. It will allow… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
In a perfect world perhaps we would all see more clearly. But this is not a perfect world, and it is enough… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Trust is clearly a key competency. A competency or skill that can be learned, taught, and improved and one that talent can… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the… — David Gest Copy Share Image
I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or… — Gabrielle Reece Copy Share Image
Norah Jones is a breath of fresh air. Norah Jones can sing and play. She's got some talent. I was totally ecstatic… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it.… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
“The identification of talent may be the wrong place to start. For many years, psychologists believed that in any domain, success depended… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
I was Bookings Production Manager at Vogue, a fancy way of saying that I helped produce photo shoots and booked hair, makeup,… — Chris Morocco Copy Share Image
Perhaps I have no talent, but all vanity aside - I do not believe that anyone makes an artistic attempt, no matter… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
I should have had more faith in my talent. I think I would have gotten to achieve more, earlier, had I believed… — Jerry Bruckheimer Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
I think I've shown that it doesn't matter where you are from, if you have talent, ability and dedication, you can go… — Eidur Gudjohnsen Copy Share Image
I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a… — Mike Newell Copy Share Image
“These people were highly talented and certainly not lazy, but deep down they weren’t as interested in winning as they were in… — Blake J. Harris Copy Share Image
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
As the leader, you're empowering talent. Once you've given the direction, it's a joy to see it put into action, to see… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
There's people that have labored and labored and it takes them a long time before they get that break and then they… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I define talent as the rate at which you get better at something when you try. To be very talented means you… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
![“Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent; Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]” quote by Jean de La Fontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7af/jean-de-la-fontaine-2320_clown_let-us-not-overstrain-our-talents-lest-w_560631.jpg)
