Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left none of us talentless.

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.

I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.

If you've got the chops, people these days are more accepting of you.

I can't really speak to the other parts of the economy, but what I think is very true of the tech world is that it's easy for talented people - whatever their gender, age, or race - to rise up and succeed.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.

Organization cannot make a genius out of a dunce.

The youth of this Colony are found, by manifold experience, to be not inferior in their natural geniuses to the youth of any other country in the world

Great talents appear whenever the social conditions favorable to their development exist. This means that every man of talent who actually appears, every man of talent who becomes a social force, is the product of social relations.

The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

With all the outlets, if you have a strong comedic voice, there's a venue to do your thing. It's a bit of a meritocracy, where the best stuff rises to the top.

No one is going to keep giving me work because I am Salman Khan's brother. People may give me one or two films because of Salman but no one can make my career. I have to work towards it.

All the money I have, I made with my talent.

I think, so often, people go quick to that nepotism: 'I should be OK; my cousin's a producer. I can get into the movie.' How about audition, earn the part, and feel confident in knowing that the director felt you were the right person for the job versus hiring you because you know somebody?

Acting is a fair business. If you are not going to bring in the audience, no nepotism will work.

There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.

You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its kind.

Talent is not sexually transmitted.

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.

I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.