You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.
A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
I don't believe in talent. Talent doesn't exist.
Experience alone can give, even to the greatest talent, that confidence in having done all that could be done.
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise—Vivian
If I wasn't acting, I have no clue what I'd be doing 'cause I have no other talent.
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.
To each is given a certain inward talent, a certain outward environment or fortune; to each by wisest combination of these two, a certain maximum capacity.
My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.
A lot of people have a lot of talent. What people don't have is the will to work hard enough to develop that talent fully.
The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.
I think, strangely, a strip club can tell you a lot about the city you're in. If you call a strip club "Tuna's," I've gotta go in there. Usually you're not seeing the top talent around, but it's not about that. It's about the experience.
We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness.
Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.
I never considered myself an artist. I aspire to be an artist, but I never thought I had the depth or substance or gift to be an artist. I do think I have some talent, but it doesn't go as far as being an artist.
The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I’m optimistic.
I've always loved to sing and dance, but the caliber of my talent in those areas obviously is not nearing Patti LuPone or Sutton Foster.
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.