Talent Quotes · Page 78

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

— Katee Sackhoff

I feel like I've been given a platform to compete and, you know, show my talent. It's not anything that I did.

— Scottie Scheffler

Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

— Irving Berlin

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

— William Gilmore Simms

I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.

— Victoria Justice

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.

— Charles Duhigg

Ek Tappa Out' is a huge platform for the new talent and I think everyone should exploit this opportunity.

— Johnny Lever

I feel that if you have the talent and are hard working, then no one can stop you.

— Jeetendra

There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I…

— Frank Sinatra

For the West, the enemy was not "socialism" but capitalism. How to tame and subdue the polar bear, how to take over…

— Michel Chossudovsky

The leader...is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They…

— Warren G. Bennis

Being a good designer certainly doesn't guarantee that you're good at business. It's probably more surprising when the two talents coexist in…

— Susan Orlean

We are all blessed with certain talents and certain skills, and what someone else has should never make us jealous, but instead…

— Anil Sinha

You can't take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses,…

— Sam Harris

Altuve is just so good at that. He can decide halfway to the plate where he's going to place the ball. I've…

— Gerrit Cole

Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

In my opinion, he has very special abilities. He has talent and he always manages to show it on the pitch. He…

— Ilkay Gundogan

Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race…

— James Cook

There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for…

— Hilaire Belloc

It's akin to style, what I'm talking about, but it isn't style alone. It is the writer's particular and unmistakable signature on…

— Raymond Carver

Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and…

— Bryce Courtenay

The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be…

— Bill Hybels

“Natural talents begin to blossom early, but they get nipped in the bud by what I call "the parent, the peer group…

— Janet, Bray Attwood

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

— Jodi Picoult

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

— Doris Roberts

I think there's an enormous lot of talent around, and somewhere amongst these I'm sure that something will emerge, given time.

— Conrad Aiken

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

— Henry Fielding

God gave you a talent: so wake up and show the world how taleted you are

— Simie

I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.

— Will Smith

Good style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to…

— Haruki Murakami

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular…

— Robert Greene

A painter doesn't need any talent. In fact, it's better not to have it.

— Georg Baselitz

If you have talent and belief in yourself, eventually you will find your place.

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

Books are the true means of acquiring talent. If one does not read one remains ignorant, and ignorance can never produce true…

— Francesco Albani

I feel there is so much of talent in our country which needs to be exploited.

— Dharmendra

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.

— Pope Francis

Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.

— Rebecca West

Too many people never connect with their true talents and therefore don't know what they are capable of achieving.

— Ken Robinson

Jack shook his head. "Not one of my many talents, sadly. But if you have a cherry stem I can show you…

— Kiersten White