#lent

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#between #defined #difference #expectations #our

No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills. ↗

— Cory Booker

#american #apply #bills #choose #color

And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones. ↗

— Max Born

#always #been #cases #continuity #happenings

It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I was talented. She was the one who pushed me into joining a choir all those years ago, when I was about 12. I remember she told me to start with the choir and just see where it took me. ↗

— Susan Boyle

#ago #because #choir #got #had

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#better #comes #get #hard #i

I'm like the kid in kindergarten; I really do send valentines to everyone. ↗

— Susie Bright

#everyone #i #kid #kindergarten #like

Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate. ↗

— Olympia Brown

#circumstances #constitute #decree #fate #fortuitous

Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#talents #age

I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

#being #close #gifts #her #i

Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person. ↗

— Tim Buckley

#character #coach #comes #difficult #going