True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

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

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words so lesser minds have a talent of talking much and saying nothing.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

I call upon the scientific community in our country those who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues but there is no need of parading them for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long and the great charm of all power is modesty.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society it is a good thing if you possess great talent to give early in your youth a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that be a snob.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

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'.

I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.

But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean of course there are hurdles but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own I was shocked.

I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security economic recovery health or peace and security the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting but if there's no talent you won't get the part.