Talents Quotes - Page 2

That is what is marvelous about school, she realized: when you are in school, your talents are without number, and your promise is boundless. You ace a math test: you will one day work for NASA. The choir director asks you to sing a solo at the holiday concert: you are the next Mariah Carey. You score a goal, you win a poetry contest, you act in a play. And you are everything at once: actor, astronomer, gymnast, star. But at a certain point, you begin to feel your talents dropping away, like feathers from a molting bird. Cello lessons conflict with soccer practice. There aren't enough spots on the debating team. Calculus remains elusive. Until the day you realize that you cannot think of a single thing you are wonderful at.

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

You are amazing person with unique talents. Have faith in your abilities.

Lailah Gifty Akita

True dexterity is not just in books; It is giving from above, we learn it, it is nurtured, it is applied and it is developed. He who do not know what has been giving to him from above shall never know how to use what he has been giving efficiently and effectively

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Let us not look at the talents we wish we had or pine away for the gifts that are not ours but instead do the best we can with what we have.

B.J. Richardson

Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

Are we allowing individuals to develop their talents with our current teaching methods? Is there more or maybe less we should be doing?

...joy we find when we realize God's deep desire to partner with everyday, normal people using their talents to do good.