Angelina Grimke Quotes

I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.

Giftedness gives you this amazing tool kit for handling self-discipline and gives you an area of knowledge, but then it also gives you this weird set of aspirations.

Everybody agreed I had all this talent, but I didn't know what to make of it.

You are given certain skills, and if you don't use them effectively, you are being irresponsible.

I always like to say that you've got to... use all your talent.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

You have a gift that can make you rich. Everyone does.

He has the personality of a child prodigy, but no discernable talent.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

I never saw a player who had greater promise.

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

Money can run out but talent is forever

Opportunity shies away from need, but opportunity is attracted by talent and ability. What you don't want to happen is opportunity to turn cool on you. You don't want to offend opportunity. So the only thing you present to opportunity is ability, performance and skill. Don't present need to opportunity.

Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.

I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.

Here is a fine field for talent.

Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

genius has no limit of sex or race.

Talent is a tenant in the house owned by genius.

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

There's a ton of talent in this country. Some just need to be given a shot.

No kid is unsmart. Every kid's a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.