Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
— John Wooden
Mouth-watering God Given Talents quotations
You are a steward of every moment, of every talent, of every gift, of every resource that God has given you. Chose wisely what you do today!

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.


When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.
It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.
I take no pride in my artistic talents;
they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?
If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.
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.
I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent.
This is my calling, not my career.

God didn't have time to make a nobody, only a somebody.
I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition.
I want to continue to grow. To me, the biggest sin of all sins, is to be given a gift, a talent, because it's actually a gift from God, to take that and not cultivate it and make it grow, that's the biggest sin in the world.
I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.
My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.
I do more writing by myself than with anybody else.
My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an idea. You never know where it'd come from. Songwriting is a God-given talent.

This is how I define talent; it is a gift that God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it.
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent.
With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.
An artist is somebody that puts themselves in a room, they're a wee bit self-indulgent and you know, sink into their music and it [will] be a very personal experience. An entertainer was somebody that took their God-given talent and shared it with people. And I've always wanted to be an entertainer.

I’m just a person who wants to be honest and do good, make people happy and give them the greatest sense of escapism through the talent God has given me. That’s where my heart is, that’s all I want to do. Just let me share and give, put a smile on people’s faces and make their hearts feel happy.
God has given you talents and opportunities. Seize them today -- not tomorrow.
When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that's what I think it did to me.

To me, success is one's ability to keep the faith, develop his God-given talents, and be able to honestly say at the close of life, "the world is a better place because I have lived."
Other people - they practice and they practice.
.. these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.
Most talented with a God given talent for weaving words of heartfelt wonder.

I could throw a pass to a spot as well as anyone who ever lived - But that's a God-given talent. I could never stand back and flick the ball 60 yards downfield with my wrists like Dan Marino does.
I don't want everybody to try to sound like something;
I think that God has given us each unique talents and passions. The things that come out of me will be different than my neighbor, because I have a totally different set of relationships, totally different set influences and personality traits.
Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it.
A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the many young people present to be generous with their God-given talents for the good of others, the Church and our world.
David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate.
A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.
I think that's, it's my way of writing, it's my, it's part of you know for lack of a better word, God-given talent that I have that I'm really good at that kind of dialogue.