Uncovering Potential Quotes

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

I had to go off by myself to try and discover what my talent really was.

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.

We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.

Nobody knows what you have in you until you've done it, so I just keep pushing those boundaries, and I figure it will all come out in the wash.

The deeper you dig, the bigger the possibility that something could happen.

The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.

Because you cannot keep real talent hidden for long.

How can we truly understand who we are unless we know who we were and what we have the power to become?

Once we get out into a kind of an open world, we really do learn about ourselves and for me it's a lesson in discovering yourself, discovering your inner resources and then literally, in the movie, finding your voice.

Everybody deserves to showcase their different talents and there's always somebody new you can tap into.

Developing a skill is painful, though. It is difficult. And that's part of the satisfaction. You will only find meaning in what you struggle with. What you struggle to get good at next may not seem the exact right thing for you at first. With time and effort, however, you will discover new possibilities in yourself-an ability to solve problems, for instance, or to communicate, or to create beauty.

The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.

Far too many people spend a lifetime headed in the wrong direction. They go not only from the cradle to the cubicle, but then to the casket, without uncovering their greatest talents and potential.

Usually when I start a new project there's a fear of the unknown; maybe it's a band I've never been in the studio with before. People are so different. It's almost like you need to go through the process, discover and unlock what it is that makes that band that band. And a lot of times they don't know it.

Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.

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

Science already contained all that was necessary, if you just brought it out.

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent;" my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.

Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig.

The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.

I've got a young man who works for me who says you don't need to discover your dreams - you need to recover them.

To me that's always a little satisfying - to find an underdeveloped topic and start developing it.

People have a seed to success within them. Most never find it and therefore fail to reach their potential. Occasionally, a leader discovers it and helps that individual develop it. For both, they now can fulfill the purpose for which they are born.