"Use what talent you possess:
the woods would be very silent if no
birds sang except those that sang best."
-Henry Van Dyke

"Everyone has a talent.
What is rare is the courage
to nurture it in solitude
and to follow the talent
to the dark places where it leads."
-Erica Jong

"Great talents are the most
lovely and often the most dangerous
fruits on the tree of humanity. They
hang upon the most slender twigs
that are easily snapped off."
-C. G. Jung

"Conciseness is the sister of talent."
-Anton Checkhov

"The luck of having talent is not enough;
one must also have a talent for luck."
-Hector Berlioz

"The buried talent
is the sunken rock
on which most lives
strike and founder."
-Frederick W. Faber

"If there is anything
that a man can do well,
I say let him do it.
Give him a chance."
-Abraham Lincoln