Quotes 21 till 40 of 50.
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Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.
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Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they very soon exhaust their talents.
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Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.
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Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.
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Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.
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The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ''Thus far and no farther.''
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The commander's talents are given greatest scope in rough hilly country. Mountains allow him too little real command over his scattered units and he is unable to control them all; in open country, control is a simple matter and does not test his ability to the fullest.
On War (1832) -
The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.
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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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The successful man is prosperous, because he has developed ninety-five percent of his ability. The failure is poor, because only five percent of his natural talents have been utilized.
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The world never forgives our talents, our successes, our friends, nor our pleasures. It only forgives our death. Nay, it does not always pardon that.
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Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.
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There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
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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 into this source, you will truly have defeated age.
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There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
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True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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