May Quote by Honore de Balzac Download Open image “A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.” — Honore de Balzac ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare May Men Pride Talent
A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make… — Johann Peter Eckermann Copy Share Image
“Anyone can act if he has the will to do so, and anyone who says he wants to but doesn't have the knack for… — Melissa Bruder Copy Share Image
In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
A man getting more than what he deserves can never feel motivated and a talent getting undervalued cant be exhorted to inspire others and… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
“It is a great error to be superior to others....It is such pride as this that makes a man appear a fool, makes him… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills. — Bobby Unser Copy Share Image
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“What does it avail, one will say, that this man has so much talent, that he is so active therewith, and that he exerts… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they… — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails… — George Lois Copy Share Image
Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external. Talents constitute… — Charles Rollin Copy Share Image
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire and persistence. — Milton Glaser Copy Share Image
“Oh, my friend, when you love, love a woman whom you are sure that you can love always. Never forsake a woman.” — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“You have broken the ice, though you have not even scratched its glossy surface: you have placed your hand upon the croup of the… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
You've touched people and known it. You've touched people and never may know it. Either way, you have something to give. It is in… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving God has… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
the appetite for thinking must be regulated, as all sensible people know, for it may stifle one's life. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become. Sure, it may feel like you can't get… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
