Berry Gordy Quotes

Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is.

I do feel very strongly that this is one of the things which people need encouragement to sort out, because I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something, it's just a question of finding this.

We are all more capable than we could ever imagine or admit to.

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

The self-discovery of your inherent leadership potential and an understanding of who you are and what you are meant to be are the keys to fulfilling your purpose from existence as a leader.

You have more potential than you think.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

There are greater and better things in us all, than the world takes account of, or than we take note of; if we would but find them out.

The greatest good we can do for anyone is not to share our wealth with them, but rather to reveal their own wealth to them. It's astonishing how much talent and ability rests inside a human being

Your potentialities are a great deal better than anyone ever permitted you to believe.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

Most human beings only scratch the surface of their real potential. They have no idea what they're capable of.

I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.

Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.

We tend to minimize the things we can do, the goals we can accomplish, and for some equally strange reason we think other people can accomplish things that we cannot. I want you to understand that that is not true. You have deep reservoirs of talent and ability within you that you can bring to the surface and achieve all that you desire

Potential is a priceless treasure, like gold. All of us have gold hidden within, but we have to dig to get it out.

Often we don't have a good notion of what our talents are, because we have never had a chance to try them out.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

After all, people may really have in them some vocation which is not quite plain to themselves, may they not? They may seem idle and weak because they are growing. We should be very patient with each other, I think.

There's a good spot tucked away somewhere in everybody. You'll be a long time finding it, sometimes.

We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.

None of us really pushes hard enough. People always talk about playing over your head when you are up against someone really good. Maybe you don't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.

It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had - to find the greatness that lies within each of us.