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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

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

Erica Jong

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

Hector Berlioz

Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Henri Frederic Amiel

For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.

Itzhak Perlman

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

John F. Kennedy

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

John Wooden

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Robert Half

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

Sophia Loren

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Stephen King

386. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but amusing, 10-question quiz to measure a leader’s level of arrogance. Here are some of the questions he asks: “Do you have a special gift for playing office politics?” “Are you blessed with a natural charisma?” and my favorite, “Are you just too talented to fake humility?” (1) I thought of this professor and his quiz when I read our Bible passage for today. The Pharisees wanted to make Jesus look like an incompetent leader. They wanted to trip him up, make him less popular in the eyes of ...

387. Justice

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Will Willimon

... seven times there, before long we are talking big 1noney. Compare God's kingdom with a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants, balance the books, set things right. Do justice. A servant owed him ten thousand talents. Don't get out your calculators, I'll tell you how much that is. One talent is the equivalent of 15 years of labor. The servant owed his master something like $150,000,000. We're talking big money. When the little wretch couldn't pay, the king ordered him, his wife, and children to ...

388. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... World War II, Alice, who was Jewish, her husband, and her young son were imprisoned in a concentration camp. Her husband died in the camp, along with most of Alice’s extended family and friends. When the Nazi commanders over the camp discovered Alice’s musical talents, they forced her to give piano concerts. Alice knew that her life and the life of her young son depended on her giving concerts for her Nazi captors. Alice and her son did survive the camps and went on to live productive lives. Alice lived ...

389. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... religion in the history of the world, after all. (Imagine what he could have done if he would have applied himself to business.) And they are blown away by the level of his commitment — I mean, whoa! Crucifixion? Please! But they know they aren’t that talented and they don’t have his abilities, they can’t heal the sick or turn water into wine, and public speaking scares them to death. They know they’ll never be able to achieve what he achieved. How many people get to start world religions? A ...

390. Nose Hairs And Disney

1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

Sermon

Mary Austin

... from school or an exercise in torture. If you had some outdoor skills, field day was a diversion from the classroom at the end of the school year. It was hot and everyone was bored. You got to go outside and finally show the A-plus math students what real talent was. Or, if you had zero athletic skills, it was just a long hot day of torture in the sun, when you’d rather be reading a book. Love it or hate it, a staple of field day was the three-legged race, where two people — with four legs — had ...

391. Treasures from the Past

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Mary Austin

... community. Other times, we learn our faith as adults; we catch it from other people and take it in as a new-found inheritance, a gift from long-lost family. Either way, it belongs to us, just like Grandpa’s stamp collection, our aunt’s killer chess talents, and the family recipe for sourdough bread. Adrienne Minh-Chau Le is the daughter of refugees from Vietnam who fled Vietnam at the end of the war. Before she was born, her mother left on a rickety boat, was captured, lived in a refugee camp, and was ...

392. I Have Been Gifted!

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Sermon

Ronald Love

... men and women whose gifts and skills far exceed my own. I see people doing things that I could never do, such as repairing an automobile, laying bricks, painting a house, fixing an electric transformer, cooking, or stitching up a wound. The list of those gifted talented people, who are able to do that which I could never do, is endless. Acknowledge your gift. Use your gift for the benefit of others and to the glory of the God who has “gifted” you. People may not long remember your name. They may never ...

393. Speaking of Us

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Steve Molin

... us is our time. There are 168 hours a week, and yet we begrudge being asked to spend one quiet hour in worship each week to give thanks. The rent God seeks is our abilities. We have been gifted with amazing talents, skills and abilities, but we often dismiss what we can do, and we covet someone else’s talent. The rent God seeks is a portion of our money. Everything we have in this world actually belongs to God, and is simply on loan to us. He asks that we wisely use what we have, and return a portion of ...

394. A Portion of Thyself

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... of the younger people in the church realized how much he had given! So he pulled back and wrapped himself in a security blanket of self-pity. One woman’s face was wet with tears when she came to see me. All these years she had volunteered her time and talents! Other women went out, got jobs, and earned money. But she always felt it was her responsibility to visit the needy to make meals for the poor, and to call on the sick at the hospital every week. Now she was tired of it all. Nobody cared what she had ...

395. Hearing A Familiar Voice

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... transcendent, reaching for the stars or heaven or whatever might be out there. Only if the mighty human race, with all its immense capabilities and capacities, remained restless would it eventually seek its way back to its Creator. Herbert saw well that the strong talents and marvelous abilities of humankind would make us like impatient children, eager to strike out on our own and find our self-made destinies. Only if God would hold back a sense of full satisfaction from our souls would we search our way ...

396. For Someone Who Heroically Suffered, Yet Spread Good Cheer

John 19:25-27 · 2 Corinthians 6:1-10

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... care, she could care for him and love him with the same vigor and zest that marked the days when she wasn’t sick. And besides her humor and her vitality, you also had her extraordinary talent. She was a great artist. She could draw wonderful sketches freehand as well as with the computer. She was a talented piano player, often serenading little Mike with her music. She even gave thought to authoring a book, hoping that before she died she could publish a book to help kids deal with the problems that come ...

397. How The Mighty Have Fallen!

Luke 9:18-27

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... preachers -- Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker -- whose sins had been publicly exposed. "How the mighty have fallen" the newspaper headline gloated! Jimmy Swaggart is an interesting case in point. Newsweek magazine once carried an article that featured this highly talented preacher. The article quoted one man as saying that Jimmy Swaggart was one of the most entertaining people on television in any field. The man didn't believe what Swaggart preached but he was dazzled by his entertainment and communication ...

398. Prayer Power

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . \nLOQUE: He is an asset, surely. It is good we have a brave \nwarrior like Rinnahel. But he is one who questions what God does. \nHOM: I don't think so. He doesn't question God. He questions \nhis transfer to this division. He thinks his talents are being \nwasted. He has distinguished himself in several major battles. \nDid you hear that it was he that requested he be sent to rescue \nJesus in the Garden when the soldiers came to capture our Lord? \nLOQUE: I remember Jesus said to Peter that twelve ...

399. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... to evoke whole-hearted faith, to make us love God and our neighbor with all our heart and soul."[4] When people begin to raise objections about the mission of the church, when they begin to balk at adequate financial sharing and contribution of time and talent, the problem nearly always is traceable to a lack of love. For as Paul says, "If you love someone you will always do the best for him." When we hesitate and balk at even the most basic of Christian responsibilities we should examine our hearts, for ...

400. Called To Pull Down; Called To Rebuild

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... ). He claims inadequacy: "Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy" (v. 6). This is no false modesty. Jeremiah is truly not up to the task, nor are any of us in our callings. If our ministries depended on our own talents, abilities, and resources, they would soon crumble. It is only by God's grace that we have any ministry at all. It is only by grace that we are made partners in God's purpose. Jeremiah is too young and inexperienced for the task of speaking to kings and nations ...

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Showing 376 to 400 of 1453 results

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

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

Erica Jong

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

Hector Berlioz

Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Henri Frederic Amiel

For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.

Itzhak Perlman

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

John F. Kennedy

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

John Wooden

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Robert Half

Sophia Loren

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Stephen King

386. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22