That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars, and whether they had one, or not, upon thars. -- Dr. Seuss

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

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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.- Oscar Wilde

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One thing I have learned is that I am not the owner of my talent, I am the manager of it. - Madonna

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I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.

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It wasn’t northern agitators who pushed Negroes to question their country, as so many southern whites wanted to believe. It was their own pride, their patriotism, their deep and abiding belief in the possibility of democracy that inspired the Negro people. And why not? Who knew American democracy more intimately than the Negro people? They knew democracy’s every virtue, vice, and shortcoming, its voice and contour, by its profound and persistent absence in their lives. The failure to secure the blessings of democracy was the feature that most defined their existence in America. Every Sunday they made their way to their sanctuaries and fervently prayed to the Lord to send them a sign that democracy would come to them. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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You wouldn't desire something if you didn't have the talent to carry it out.

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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object. - Hermann Hesse

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With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I've done it. -Dwayne Johnson

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Then they yelled at the ones that had stars at the start. We’re exactly like you! You can’t tell us apart. We’re all just the same, now, you snooty old smarties! And now we can go to your frankfurter parties. -- Dr. Seuss

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