Quotes About Developing Talent

#1. A young artist's career is a matter of claiming a place for oneself, of saying, "I am here." Having gone through that phase, a more mature artist can concentrate on truly developing talent and vision.

Wafaa Bilal

#2. My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.

Jack Welch

#3. I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.

Roger Ailes

#4. Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) x Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) = Strength (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)

Tom Rath

#5. Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.

Nick Cave

#6. I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.

Joanne Harris

#7. You cannot experience the death of anybody

U.G. Krishnamurti

#8. I'm always right, always wrong. Dressing bad's like loving you there is nothing i haven't worn. Nothing, I haven't said before. You are nothing I haven't felt before.

Tegan Quin

#9. He looks like he can shit glitter and then make it rain sprinkles.

H.J. Bellus

#10. What's more, we had discovered that people have several times more potential for growth, when they invest energy in developing their strenghts instead of correcting their deficiencies.

Tom Rath

#11. The FBI is engaged in a myriad of efforts to combat cyber threats, from efforts focused on threat identification and sharing inside and outside of government, to our internal emphasis on developing and retaining new talent and changing the way we operate to evolve with the cyber threat.

James Comey

#12. I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
[Writer's Digest, September 1961]

Harper Lee

#13. Talent emerges over the course of a lifetime of reciprocal interactions between the developing brain and a stimulating environment.

Scott Barry Kaufman

#14. A combination of unrealistic goals, unnecessarily pessimistic expectations, and the wrong incentives for teachers contributes to ensure that education systems in developing countries fail their two main tasks: giving everyone a sound basic set of skills, and identifying talent.

Abhijit V. Banerjee

#15. The only way to drive out bad culture is to create good culture. We need to recognize that artistic talent is a gift from the Lord - and that developing those talents is the only way to create good culture.

C.S. Lewis

#16. The odds are, you highly underestimate how awesome you are. Stop doing that.

Rob Liano

#17. I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.

Boy George

#18. Microwork gives marginalized people a chance to earn a living by playing a vital role in the business processes of big companies. In parallel, the organization assists local entrepreneurs in running microwork centers, helping to grow a new pool of business talent across the developing world.

Leila Janah

#19. If you truly care about animal rights and have a passion for it, take some action. Whether it's hands-on or political, just go for it. No matter what path you choose in life or what you decide to do, you can use your voice to educate other people and help the cause.

Mac Danzig

#20. When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can.

Ellen Burstyn

#21. The only effective antidote to the wickedness around us is to live differently from this moment forward.

Philip Yancey

#22. Tech companies have a finite lifespan: For the successful ones, an IPO or exit is never more than a few years off. But by recruiting locally and developing homegrown talent, companies can build something that remains after they're gone. People, skills and a culture of innovation persist.

Ryan Holmes