A Quote by Mark Twain
Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.
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He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents.
I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.
I've met some real talents that were...real talents and I've met some real talents that were incredible people.People like Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, to a certain extent Jim Steranko, who is an institution all to himself. What a talent. What a genius talent.
Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents - that person is likely to excel.
Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false.
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.
Ability is not something to be saved, like money, in the hope that you can draw interest on it. The interest comes from the spending. Unused ability, like unused muscles, will atrophy. It is tragic to realize that the majority of human beings, even the so-called educated, call upon only the smallest fraction of their potential capacity. They leave many talents dormant. They fail to develop their mental qualities. They are almost unaware of the degree of energy upon which they might call to build a full and rewarding life.
Having a mentor gives someone a huge advantage in life.
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.
It is all about the talents of the young players. If they have the talent you have to give an opportunity. If they don't have the talent then, OK, you have to look elsewhere.
Tact is one of the first of mental virtues, the absence of which is frequently fatal to the best of talents. Without denying that it is a talent of itself, it will suffice if we admit that it supplies the place of many talents.
It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.
Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.
Having information that the other side doesn't have gives VCs an advantage... they take advantage of entrepreneurs who haven't been through this before... they were totally willing to take advantage of us.
The instinct to notice changes gives women a tremendous advantage over men.
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