But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
1 Cor 7:7 Holy Bible
Categories: ability talent skill

We can't all do everything.
Virgil The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
Categories: ability talent skill

Ability is a poor man's wealth.
Matthew Wren The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability talent skill potential

There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.
Samuel Johnson The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: luck talent effort skill

Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.
Michael Gelb and Tony Buzan Lessons from the Art of Juggling; How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning and Life
Categories: learning life skill growth success

Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Martin Buber Thoughts on Leadership
Categories: individual worth skill ability uniqueness

A mockingbird has no voice of his own.
American proverb The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
Categories: gift talent skill uniqueness criticism

Skill to do comes of doing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: action practice skill ability talent

God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability.
Mary Kay Ashe Treasury of Women's Quotations
Categories: ability skill talent willingness service god

Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Robert Half The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: talent skill ability recognition leadership mentorship

Practice builds skill. I've heard golfers and tennis players say, "The harder I practice, the luckier my game gets."
Marsha Sinetar To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love: The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring
Categories: practice luck skill success goal achievement

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
Samuel Johnson Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: discovery knowledge ability talent creativity skill

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age.
Sophia Loren Treasury of Women's Quotations
Categories: age aging attitude ability skill imagination relationships friendships

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel towards our distant goal.
Helen Keller Treasury of Women's Quotations
Categories: work ability skill talent desire goal vision

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner that works and brings it out.
Lady Marguerite Blessington Treasury of Women's Quotations
Categories: talent ability skill practice work effort success

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance.
Francois de la Rochefoucauld The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability skill success determination vision goal planning

Latent abilities are like clay. It can be mud on shoes, brick in a building or a statue that will inspire all who see it. The clay is the same. The result is dependent on how it is used.
James F. Lincoln The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability talent skill work effort success failure

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me."
Erma Bombeck Treasury of Women's Quotations
Categories: talent skill ability service giving sharing volunteerism

Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
Pythagorus The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability skill talent necessity need motivation persevere determination goal

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: leadership adversity difficulties challenges problems turmoil growth skill

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill...Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson Franklin Planner 1993.
Categories: persevere persistance work effort skill diligence strength success

Ability is useless unless it's used.
Robert Half The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability skill talent effort work laziness achievement success

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Helen Keller The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: pride ability talent skill vision imagination self-confidence self-esteem

Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.
Napoleon Bonaparte The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: ability opportunity talent skill action desire motivation attitude

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.
Samuel Johnson The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: focus excellence success vision mission priorities work talent skill

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do that what one can do. So much restlessness is due to the fact that man does not know what he wants, or he wants too many things, or perhaps he wants to be somebody else, to be anybody except himself. The courage of being one's genuine self, of standing alone and of not wanting to be somebody else!
Lin Yutang Light from Many Lamps
Categories: happiness contentment authenticity transparency jealousy ability skill courage bravery strength

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Robert Half Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: leadership mentorship mentoring talent skill developing coaching leading teaching teacher ability potential development

In order to arrive at paydirt, the valuable ore they are seeking, miners must sift through and discard a great deal of worthless material known as "the overburden." In personal terms, our individual overburden can obscure the gleam of a creative gift.
Buried under the negative (or simply ignorant or misleading) interpretations of others, the glistening veins of our talents, dreams, and aspirations must be actively sought in order to be found.
Julie Cameron The Vein of Gold : A Journey to Your Creative Heart
Categories: self-knowledge self-awareness talent growth change work effort skill gift opinions expectations negativity judgementalism dreams aspirations

There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.
Honore de Balzac Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: success achievement discipline talent ability will skill potential work effort action ministry service self-control practice character persistence persevere

...conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference.
Ronald Heifetz The Leader of the Future by William C. Taylor. Fast Company Magazine, June 1999
Categories: talents skill differences tolerance acceptance racism bigotry conflict problem-solving growth change creativity teamwork success learning education

There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
William B. Given, Jr. The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: work job vocation ability skill talent character loyalty sincerity integrity honesty enthusiasm business team leadership teamwork diligent effort actions attitude optimism cooperation relationships enthusiastic morale career success