“The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.” CountryLawSpiritLyingGrowthCourageTalentTasksLawyerDumbWealthyClientsDisbeliefEnablingEfficacy Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“A natural talent is required; for, when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to appropriate to himself by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance, so that the instruction taking root may bring forth proper and abundant fruits.” WayTryingWellsMayArtNaturalTalentStudentsBecomingReflectionLaborTasksRootsFruitPerseveranceVainExcellentAppropriateInstructionPupilsAdaptedNatural Talent Book:Selected Works Source: Selected Works
“Some people appear to be more meager in talent than they are, just because the tasks they set themselves are always too great.” PeopleTalentTasks Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“If anything is evident about people who manage money, it is that the task attracts a very low level of talent, one that is protected in its highly imperfect profession by the mystery that is thought to enfold the subject of economics in general and of money in particular.” PeopleIfsLevelsMoneyMysterySubjectsTalentParticularLowsEconomicsTasksProfessionManageImperfectProtectedEvidentLow Level Book:Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went Source: Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went
“Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism?” RememberChristAbilityTalentSucceedSkillsCapitalismTasksDevelopingBeing The BestDescriptionEndeavorTestamentNew TestamentParablesSkills And Abilities Author:Margaret Thatcher
“We should see schools as safe arenas for experimenting with life, for discovering our talents... for taking responsibity for tasks and others people, for learning how to learn... and for exploring our beliefs about life and society.” PeopleShouldSchoolBeliefTalentSafeTasksDiscoveringExploringArena Author:Charles Handy
“The ability to focus on a single task for an extended period is a talent that’s underappreciated - especially by extroverts, who continue to exercise an unhealthy hegemony over most workplaces.” AbilityFocusTalentPeriodsExerciseTasksWorkplaceUnhealthyHegemonyExtroverts Author:Kevin Drum
“Good leaders, competent leaders must see it as primary task to create friendliness. This something within the scope of most people. Now artists, like writers and sort of course have an added option of using their scale and talent with this in view. It is their business to create an environment in which our people will prosper and be happy.” PeopleArtistCoursesViewsLeaderEnvironmentTalentTasksScalesPrimariesScopeCompetentGood LeaderFriendliness Author:Chinua Achebe