“I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent - always have.” BelieveTalentExpectationsAlways BelieveHigh Expectations Author:Russell Wilson
“There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to boast that they rose in the world through their own industry and talents. It is the same shabby-genteel sentiment, the same vanity of birth which makes men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels rather than elevated apes.” PeopleMenWorldBelieveCertainFatherClassTalentIndustryBirthAngelRoseVanityFollySentimentsBoastApesAncestryShabby Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“One must believe that private dilemmas are, if deeply examined, universal, and so, if expressed, have a human value beyond the private, and one must also believe in the vehicle for expressing them, in the talent.” IfsBelieveHumansValuesBeliefTalentUniversalVehicleDilemmaHuman Values Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“Perhaps I have no talent, but all vanity aside - I do not believe that anyone makes an artistic attempt, no matter how small, without having a little - or there are many fools.” BelieveLittlesMatterTalentFoolVanityArtistic Author:Paul Gauguin
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, The Physiology of Common Life Killing is not nearly as easy as the innocent believe.” BelieveSeemsRunningEasyCommonTalentMurderKillingInnocentPhysiologyCommon Life Author:J. K. Rowling
“I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either.” IfsKnowsBelieveHardLyingI BelieveCan DoBornLosesTalentHard WorkSucceedI Believe InAcquire Author:Fran Lebowitz