Gifted Quotes

“The quiet ones, the introverts, are uniquely gifted. We have tremendous patience and empathy. We don’t need to say much, yet we’re able to build deep connections and rapport with those around us. The act of displaying Quiet Confidence is much easier to cultivate than we think. It’s built-in, a bundled accessory, we simply have to activate it!”
― Joel Annesley, Quiet Confidence: Breaking Up With Shyness

“Woe unto all who have walked by the water but not gotten wet, for the sea of tears is now dry, and all who try to fill their bowls will know thirst.”
― John Pease, Ezekiel's Eyes

“The woman looked her in the eyes. She never moved her lips, but Vera could hear her say, “Stay away from them shadows; that’s where he lives. That’s where he gets his power.”
― John Pease, Ezekiel's Eyes

“Reveal yourself, demon, and shed your mortal guise, for I see you plainly. I am a cup bringer for the one true God, and all who stand opposing shall surely fall” ”
― John Pease, Ezekiel's Eyes

“Your true face,” she said. He replied, “Yes, the ‘face’ that God sees when he talks to me.”
― John Pease, Ezekiel's Eyes

“Because if evil like that is real, then God has to be real too.”
― John Pease, Ezekiel's Eyes

“Childhood does not last forever,' said Juniper. 'Although I believe the childish soul can endure for an eternity.”
― Erin Forbes, Fire & Ice: The Kindred Woods

“Everyone is born with a seed.
One thing is to know what specie you came with.
Another is to know where and how it should be sown.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“We each harbour a talent. It hibernates within us, snug yet eager, waiting for the first darling buds of opportunity to emerge.”
― Kevin Ansbro

“Genius is only gifted to the few who are ready to go beyond their comfort-zones. Those who are not satisfied only with the theoretical ideologies.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo, What They Asked Me: The Fear of Living and Dying Young

“Life doesn’t owe me. However, it liberally gifts me.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I have never left this realm, but my feet have walked in many lands.”
― Erin Forbes, Fire & Ice: The Elementals

“There exists in some individuals more than enough talents, expertises, or greatness for more than three people.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people are troubled by their mediocrity. Some, by their greatness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Talent is often suffocated by the desire to be deemed talented.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Ah, life… ’tis a difficult battle to fight,' said Willoughby, 'but the beautiful moments will always make up for the sorrow.”
― Erin Forbes, Fire & Ice: The Kindred Woods

“Grand Pabbie was right- love can really thaw any curse," Kristoff said.
"Love can thaw..." Elsa repeated. "Of course!"
All that time she had allowed herself to be wrapped up in fear- fear of being alone, fear of never finding Anna, fear of destroying the kingdom with her powers. That fear had held her prisoner since she had learned she had magic inside her. It was just as Grand Pabbie had said: she needed to learn to control her magic. If only she embraced the beauty in her life and the magic she'd been gifted- gifted, not cursed with!- then she could move mountains.”
― Jen Calonita, Conceal, Don't Feel

“If you haven’t got the gift no one can give it to you, but if you have you can be taught how to use it.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Theatre

“A mere compliment has been the seed of some people’s downfall.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Often a child's very gifts (his great intensity of feeling, depth of experience, curiosity, intelligence, quickness-and his ability to be critical) will confront his parents with conflicts that they have long sought to keep at bay by means of rules and regulations. These regulations must then be rescued at the cost of the child's development. All of this can lead to an apparently paradoxical situation when parents are proud of their gifted child and who admire him are forced by their own repression to reject, suppress, or even destroy what is best, because truest, in that child.”
― Ruth Ward, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

“Often a child's very gifts (his great intensity of feeling, depth of experience, curiosity, intelligence, quickness-and his ability to be critical) will confront his parents with conflicts that they have long sought to keep at bay by means of rules and regulations. These regulations must then be rescued at the cost of the child's development. All of this can lead to an apparently paradoxical situation when parents are proud of their gifted child and who admire him are forced by their own repression to reject, suppress, or even destroy what is best, because truest, in that child.”
― Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

“Like the sand of the earth, your gifts are countless, and some are stepping on theirs without knowing.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Mastering a skill turns a thought into a gift, success is found in presenting that gift to the world.”
― Jonas Caino, Make Rain: 180 Powerful Insights into How Rainmakers Sell Their Way to Financial Success

“I need something to remind me that happiness is a gift, not a right. Pain does that quite expertly.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“She was sorceress on paper, a goddess in her mind but a mere peasant to everyone living in her present times.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Being humble does not mean denying being great.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“They hated me, because they knew from birth that i m bigger than them.”
― Nkahloleng Eric Mohlala

“Isaac took a long swig from the unmarked bottle. He'd tasted her cider before, but this bottle was completely different, yet just as wonderful. The apple was more prominent, yet not sweet, almost funky but in a good, blue-cheese way. He held the bottle up to the light and could see the sediment swirling in the bottom.
"This is amazing- so different from the other one."
Sanna grinned.
"You really like Olive? I wasn't sure when I blended it. Not everyone likes the murkiness."
"Olive?"
Sanna leaned against the counter, putting her weight on her wrist as she studied him for a long moment, her eyes squinting. She took a long drink from her own bottle.
"I see colors when I make ciders. I can't explain it. Each juice has its own hue. That's what those paintings represent."
She pointed at the watercolors over the fireplace. "A new color comes to me, and I blend the juices until I can re-create it in the flavor. And this one is Olive."
"You color-code your ciders?" He struggled to understand what she was telling him.
"No." She reached across the counter and pulled her journal toward her. She opened it and handed it to Isaac. As she sipped her cider, he studied the page, then the next page, then the next. On each was a swatch of layered color, all wildly different from one another- reds, greens, teals, colors he didn't really have names for. Next to the colors were measurements, apple varieties, percentages, and flavor notes. Scribbles filled the margins and equations contained both numbers and words. Things like sugars and acidity were measured and tested. It was part recipe book, part coloring book, and part wine label, with a hint of spell book. Looking at it was like opening a tiny door into the back of her head. She saw things that no one else did, an imaginary world of cider only she could see.
"You can see the color in your head?"
"It's the easiest way to explain it. A color pops into my head, and I know what it will taste like. When I blend the different raw ciders together, I know I have it right when it matches what I've imagined.”
― Amy E. Reichert, The Simplicity of Cider

“Gifted? I'm skilled. People call others "gifted" when they don't want to believe they're worse at something because they're not willing to put in the work excellence requires.”
― Brent Weeks, The Burning White

“If you are gifted, use that gift to make an impact.”
― Gift Gugu Mona