Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.
I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.
Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
I have many unrecognized talents, but my faults have somehow succeeded in securing wide recognition.
The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.
Your heart becomes gangrenous in your body when you go against your talent.
When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat. , Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas. ]
The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.
[People] don't know the talent and I want to show them.
What did you do with the time and talents i gave you? God's question.
There is a place that God has specifically designed for you where all your needs will be supplied, where you'll be happy and fulfilled, and where you'll be using your gifts and talents to the full.
Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.
I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.