“Preachers are not sermon makers, but men makers and saint makers, and he only is well-trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint. It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God - men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.” MenNeedsWellsMadeGenerationsTalentHolySaintHolinessMakersPreacherPreachingSermonsMoldFidelityPulpitGreat TalentHoly Life Book:Power Through Prayer Source: Power Through Prayer
“Pharisaism, obtuseness and tyranny reign not only in the homes of merchants and in jails; I see it in science, in literature, and among youth. I consider any emblem or label a prejudice.... My holy of holies is the human body, health, intellect, talent, inspiration, love and the most absolute of freedoms, the freedom from force and falsity in whatever forms they might appear.” HumansHomeBodyInspirationMightFormLiteratureForceFreedomTalentYouthHolyPrejudiceAbsolutesIntellectTyrannyLabelsJailReignHuman BodyMerchantsEmblemsFalsityInspiration LovePharisaism Author:Anton Chekhov
“I don't think talent has anything to do with inspiration. Inspiration creates talent. People prioritize innate talent too much. It gives them license to walk around and act like assholes. I think I straddle a line between being innately talented and having had to put in some work. You ever go to a party where there are a lot of creative people and they feel like they have license to just act any kind of way? I'm not really a moral person myself, but they just tend to never ever be sincere because they believe their art or the fact that they are artists makes them holy in some way.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveKindArtInspirationArtistPartyMoralCreativeTalentHolySincereCreative PeoplePrioritize Author:Willis Earl Beal
“My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom--freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.” HumansTwoMatterBodyInspirationLastsViolenceTalentHolyAbsolutesManifestFalsehoodHuman BodyAbsolute FreedomInspiration Love Book:Letters of Anton Chekhov Source: Letters of Anton Chekhov
“Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast majority live and die as minions, as livestock? The answer is a holy trinity. First: God-given gifts of charisma. Second: the discipline to nurture these gifts to maturity, for though humanity's topsoil is fertile with talent, only one seed in ten thousand will ever flower -- for want of discipline. Third: the will to power.” MenWantFirstsMeanHumanityDiesGivenAbilityAnswersTalentFlowerDisciplineHolyThousandTenThirdsLuckMajorityDetermineSeedsMaturityMasteryNurtureAnother ManWill PowerCharismaFertileTrinityLivestockMinionsHoly TrinityTopsoil Author:David Mitchell