Nayvadius Wilburn Quotes

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

I'm hungry for purpose. I'm looking for still that reason that I bought a guitar and started a band, to fulfill a purpose, to manifest destiny as to who I am and why I am the way I am, and what I do. I think it's still about the music, the song and the story.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.

This is your moment. You're meant to be here.

We all have a gift; we all have a passion - it's just about finding it and going into it. Being an asset to your family and community.

When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.'

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

I look at my voice and my abilities as a gift. I don't feel that I can even take any credit for it, but it's such a huge presence in my life. It is my life. It's my identity, it's everything. And it's given me a great deal of joy and a sense of purpose - I can't imagine my life without it.

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.

I recognize that every role I play, I'm not going to play someone that has a ministry or that is a Christian, and I don't think that's what God has called me to do. The gift and talent that He's given me as an actor, director, producer is to entertain, sometimes to inform, most times to inspire.

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.