Talent Quotes · Page 81

“Talented minds have always been stealthily targeted by mediocre ones.”

— Pawan Mishra

I think it's important that artists use their voices for so much more than just their talent.

— Demi Lovato

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

— Charles Spurgeon

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

— John Lasseter

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

— Marco Pierre White

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

— Roger Miller

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

— Carroll Shelby

Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent;being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two…

— Franz Grillparzer

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing…

— Dr. Dre

I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not…

— Nina Dobrev

My friends kidded me about going so far on such modest talent. I always agreed with them. I had no illusions about…

— Gene Autry

For profits think, "We've got to find that finest talent available, pay them what they're worth, and put them into their daily…

— Jeff Henderson

Fitness of a top-class squash player is very important, and talent only can't do the job. They have to get training regularly…

— Jahangir Khan

My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all…

— Ezekiel Emanuel

My talent is definitely a gift. I don't understand where it comes from. I don't play an instrument, and I never went…

— Sean Combs

This word "description" may be disconcerting when used to refer to what is generally called a translation. But when one wishes to…

— Gaston Bachelard

The world's moving; people move around the world. A lot of people coming to this country have terrific talent to bring to…

— Bob Brown

Once considered an art form that called for talent, or at least a craft that called for practice, a poem now needs…

— Barbara Holland

Give all the credit in the world to Angelique Kerber - great, great talent. She's been in the top 10 for the…

— Howard Bryant

I don't look at myself as a hero, I look at myself as somebody who has taken life with a lot of…

— John Assaraf

Some of the parables that Matthew records and that Jesus delivered as part of his Olivet Discourse-such as the ten virgins and…

— Eric D. Huntsman

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is…

— Eric Hoffer

Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent.…

— Barack Obama

I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my…

— Olivia Holt

Entrepreneurism is simply taking nothing, applying talent, brains, financial creativity and hustle, and turning that into something.

— Brock Pierce

Being good at something is not someone's fault. It's merely a gift. Gifts should be cherished, not envied and put down.

— Anonymous

It's not like we don't have any talent. We can't sing like Whitney Houston, but we can sing well.

— Keren Woodward

Use your time, energy and talents to do the best you can right now. Spend no time wishing it were better

— Iyanla Vanzant

Administrators need to shift from being controllers to enablers, so as to liberate the energies and talents of the teachers.

— Steve Denning

An award recognizing your talent is an honor. That matters a lot to me.

— Payal Rohatgi

Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever.

— David Foster Wallace

“No one is born with a talent. Talent is something we create on our own with practice and dedication.”

— Airicka Phoenix

The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.

— Daryl Hall

Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.

— Ken Danby

Miyazaki has a great talent, but I really struggle every time I create a new film and am far from Miyazaki.

— Makoto Shinkai

I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

— Susanna Kaysen

I tried to just rely on my talent years ago and ended up losing a couple of fights because of that.

— Paddy Pimblett

I have talents aplenty. Unfortunately, precious few of them have any redeeming social value.

— David Letterman

London's top colleges attract the best young talent from around the world; they're truly a national asset.

— Munira Mirza