Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for
talent is genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.
Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.
I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.
Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Use whatever talent you have for the service of others and watch it grow and grow.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
