The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“We demonstrate deep respect for our talent when we say no to the unimportant.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
“It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I know I've accomplished a great deal for a man of my height. It's been a blessing, and I thank God for… — Muggsy Bogues Copy Share Image
People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act.… — John Wells Copy Share Image
“Do you still call it talent, if it blooms without any kind of nurturing? That's got to be something else. She made… — Esi Edugyan Copy Share Image
People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
We like to say Miss America is the classy one. It has a talent category. I would have been dead last in… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
No one would have picked me out in high school and said, 'This guy is going to be in show business.' I… — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than… — David Lean Copy Share Image
“The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
In the spiritual lore of India there is a story that the Lord whispered only one word in our ears when he… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
In my opinion, he has very special abilities. He has talent and he always manages to show it on the pitch. He… — Ilkay Gundogan Copy Share Image
Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race… — James Cook Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
We want our friend as a man of talent, less because he has talent than because he is our friend. — Philibert Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
I got the experience, I got the strength, I got the talent, I got the famous jump hook. That's my move. — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions. — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
I was nobody in Nashville and I was thankful for that. I had to get by on my talent. — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I'm very happy in charge at Atletico. The squad give me commitment, talent and style. — Diego Simeone Copy Share Image
The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose. — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred… — Willa Sibert Cather Copy Share Image
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories? — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
My gift from God has been my talent, my genetics, and the people around me. — Rich Froning Jr Copy Share Image
When you work; don't expect your talent to be discovered. Work hard because it makes you happy. — Rita Zahara Copy Share Image
Miss America is a scholarship pageant, and they actually define themselves as a talent pageant. — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
