inherent skill Quotes

First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

Poets are born, not paid.

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

One doesn't choose to become a writer. One is just born that way.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

Writing talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you are either born with it or you aren't.

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

Don't teach talent that isn't there.

There's no denying that Caruso came with a voice?that Beethoven came with music in his soul, Picasso was drawing like an angel in the crib.You're born with it.

Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

Connor Broekhart was born to fly, or more accurately he was born flying.

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

I never consciously said, 'I want to be an actor.' It sounds stupid, but it's kind of like being a painter or something. You don't say, 'From today on I'm going to be a painter.' It's not something conscious - you've just been painting pictures all your life.

I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.

I was a born singer.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me - just like the color of my skin.

I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part of my everyday living.

You have to have a talent for having talent.

If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.

In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win - if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last.

I just rely on natural talent," said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much.

It can't be bought. It can't be taught. It must be caught.

But I don’t think I’ve ever known such a natural at Potions!” said Slughorn. “Instinctive, you know — like his mother! I’ve only ever taught a few with this kind of ability, I can tell you that, Sybill — why even Severus —” And to Harry’s horror, Slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air toward them.