Talent Quotes · Page 70

Talent isn't as important as the work and dedication necessary to become competent.

— Jack Nicklaus

My purpose is to write, be creative; to take my God-given talent and do something positive with it.

— Jani Lane

My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than…

— Kendrick Sampson

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I believe in God. He is the secret of my success. He gives people talent.

— Anonymous

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I…

— Brian Eno

All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

— Louisa May Alcott

“That man seems to have a particular talent for being on the spot whenever there is something picturesque to be done.”

— Joseph Conrad

I'm fascinated with design. I realized early that I had no talent in that direction, but I love talking with architects and…

— Alex Steffen

If you are not aware of having been granted what you posses, the gods remember what they gave you. They don't forget…

— Anonymous

There's no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there's such an incredible well of talent and capital…

— Elon Musk

For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no…

— Jay-Z

Together we can build the Michigan we believe in, because we still have what we need most - the strength, the talent,…

— Gretchen Whitmer

Coming to WWE, where they treat the talent a certain way, I really gravitated toward Bellator because you saw the trend in…

— Jake Hager

Liberal interventions that enable all children to shoot for their potential aren't just moral, they are pragmatic - any society that wastes…

— David Brin

Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in…

— Jamey Johnson

If you have talent, I believe that talent will win out. In other words, if you're a good broadcaster, if you're a…

— Larry King

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

— Barack Obama

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

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

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

A considreable portion of my high school trigonometry course was devoted to the solution of oblique triangles... I have still not had…

— John G. Kemeny

The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the…

— Mark Twain

Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.

— Anthony Stafford Beer

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

— Mike Ditka

As a producer, you really have - you're able to hand-pick all the talent that you want to be surrounded with.

— Hilary Swank

Its super to play with Martina, and she has huge amounts of talent. We have a lot of fun.

— Mary Pierce

When looking for new talent, I always look for artists who have something unique about them or are clearly on a mission.

— Erick Morillo

I dont really have a talent. I cant sing or act or dance or perform, those talents. All I can do is…

— Lauren Conrad

Jacksonville has exceptionally good talent in the areas of modality activities.

— Shahid Khan

Bellator is collecting talent, collecting world-level talent all across the board.

— Benson Henderson

Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it--right, my friends?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.

— Jennifer Hudson

A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.

— Brian Tracy

“When you have no preconceived notion of what you are good at, you are open to life's many possibilities.”

— Kamaria G. Powell

I think NXT can definitely carry the burden of producing top tier talent.

— Jason Jordan

There's a lot of talent out there that miss their opportunities, and I just hope that AJ Styles doesn't waste his life…

— Bret Hart

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard.

— Cheryl Lynn