A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
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I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success
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Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent
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Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is pledged to the doctrines there set forth, and which exists to see and state things so, and not otherwise.
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Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.
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A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent
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Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
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The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it
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Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man
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No one respects a talent that is concealed.
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A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.
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Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
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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?
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The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscapes
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Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to have the idea that if one is born without talent, there is nothing he can do about it; they simply resign themselves to what they consider to be their fate. Consequently th
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Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Harry a talent I would really loved to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?
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I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.
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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
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I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
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Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.
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