“Be an observer of providence; for God is showing you ever, by the way in which He leads you, whither He means to lead. Study your trials, your talents, the world's wants, and stand ready to serve God now, in whatever He brings to your hand.” WorldWayWantMeanGodHandsStudyTalentReadyTrialsProvidenceServing GodObservers Book:Sermons for the new life Source: Sermons for the new life
“I dislike The Exorcist, and I found it a warning sign of the dangers in a furious cinematic talent putting the audience through it (a Hitchcock phrase) without purpose, or without the nagging moral anxiety that activated Hitch. You see, I don't think William Friedkin believes in the Devil, or cares about him. I think he found exorcism a pretext for a gross-out and he calculated there was an audience for it, or a crowd ready to be challenged. Maybe I'm too much of an atheist to stand religion being so thrashed.” ThinkingBelieveCareFilmPurposeFoundMoralAudienceToo MuchTalentDangerReadyAnxietyDevilHollywoodAtheistCrowdsPhrasesWarningDislikeGrossFuriousPretextCinematicHitchcockNaggingExorcismExorcistWarning Signs Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“There are so many ready to write (poor fools!) for the honor and glory of the thing, and there are so many ready to take advantage of this fact, and withhold from needy talent the moral right to a deserved remuneration.” WritingFactsPoorMoralTalentReadyFoolHonorGloryAdvantageNeedyRemuneration Book:Ruth Hall Source: Ruth Hall
“It's a funny thing that people are always ready to admit it if they've no talent for drawing or music, whereas everyone imagines that they themselves are capable of true love, which is a talent like any other, only far more rare.” PeopleIfsImagineTalentReadyCapableDrawingImagine ThatFunny Things Author:Nancy Mitford
“The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.” KnowsWorldDoeTalentReadyArmsGeniusOpen Arms Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“People getting ready to go to jobs that they don’t like, jobs that are making them sick. You see when you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide. When you have some goal out here that you are stretching for and reaching for that takes you out of your comfort zone, you’ll find out some talents and abilities you have that you didn’t know you have.” PeopleKnowsJobsSpiritualGoalAbilityTalentReadyComfortSickSuicideReachingZoneComfort ZoneStretchingTalents And Abilities Author:Les Brown
“It cannot remain unmentioned that so many poorly equipped boys, and boys who have no talent at all for music, have been accepted into the school to date that the quality of music has necessarily declined and deteriorated. And those who do bring a few precepts with them when they come to school are not ready to be used immediately.” Has BeensSchoolUsedQualityBoysTalentReadyAcceptedNot Ready Author:Johann Sebastian Bach
“Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.” ShowsPathDoubtTalentReady Author:Ice Cube