Innate Talents Quotes

• We often say that psi is like musical ability: it is widely distributed in the populate, and everyone has some ability and can participate to some extent - in the same way that the most nonmusical person can learn to play a little Mozart on the piano. On the other hand, there is no substitute for innate talent, and there is no substitute for practice.

  Russell Targ

  Hands, Practice, Play

  Russell Targ (2010). “Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness”, p.75, New World Library

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• I feel like directing is an innate talent.

  Jordana Brewster

  Talent, Feels, Innate

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Achievement is talent plus preparation. The problem with this view is that the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Views, Play, Careers

  Malcolm Gladwell (2008). “Outliers: The Story of Success”, p.30, Penguin UK

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

  Martha Beck

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vice President Mike Pence's Speech at Grove City College, time.com. May 20, 2017.

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• The world is full of educated derelicts.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at tennis than Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova, but they will never lift a club or swing a racket and therefore will never find out how great they could have been. Instead, they'll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television.

  Donald Trump

  Stars, Golf, Men

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.37, Random House

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• Women have innate talents and exceptional abilities that go unnoticed by our society, and that women themselves often do not fully appreciate. If every woman were to listen closely enough to her own secret song- not simply with ears, but with eyes (all three!), loins, breasts, heart, spirit, and soul- she would discover a power that she has carried with her since before the beginning of time.

  Laurie Cabot

  Song, Heart, Eye

  Laurie Cabot (2013). “The Witch in Every Woman: Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Emp ower”, p.15, Delta

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• I wasn't born with any innate talent. I've never been naturally gifted at anything. I always had to work at it. The only way I knew how to succeed was to try harder than anyone else. Dogged persistence is what got me through life. But here was something I was half-decent at. Being able to run great distances was the one thing I could offer the world. Others might be faster, but I could go longer. My strongest quality is that I never give up.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Giving Up, Distance

  Dean Karnazes (2017). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.135, Atlantic Books

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• Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but by their innate talent and drive.

  Chris Hayes

  Opportunity, People, Outcomes

  "The age of illusion". Interview with Jake Blumgart, www.salon.com. June 30, 2012.

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