Talent
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Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen's faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.
Hard work pays off — hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.
Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent.
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of visual communications: talent, creative ability, manual skill, and technical knowledge. Aesthetics and economics, technology and psychology are intrinsically related to the process.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.