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I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the read more
I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong.
I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like read more
If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly, like a millionaire intent on going broke.
Conciseness is the sister of talent.
Conciseness is the sister of talent.
It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in read more
It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a read more
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.