#lent

Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consistency #contentment #determination #discontentment #finite

To want a gift and not receive it,that is a life of torture. To have a gift and lose it--that is eternal hell. ↗

— j. scott featherstone

#talents #inspirational

The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#blessing #character-building #inspiration #self-worth #talent

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#alone #anything #commanding #ever #excellent

I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I can no longer tell a true story. ↗

— Joan Didion

#inspirational #talent #truth #writing #inspirational

These is nothing divine about deprecating your gifts and talents or diminishing their worth in any way. Shining is sharing an abundance with us all. ↗

— Tama Kieves

#gifts #inspired #self-worth #talents #work

What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute. ↗

— Aberjhani

#famous-poet #hope-and-despair #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #intellectualism

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#inspirational #talent #inspirational

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#talent #inspirational

Let's forgive someone for Valentines day, it's a great way to show love, and forgive yourself too for the hurt you held onto. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#forgiveness #held-onto #hurt #hurt-feelings #love