Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'.

The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave.

Comparison is waste of energy. Every individual is unique with unique talents. Find your passion and live your best life.

You possess great strength, great spirit and great soul.

Any training is initially difficult, but with persistence practice, we can master the art.

You have great talents. Aim for God best for your life.

The different kinds of work require different people to perform the task. You must fulfil your specific task.

We are endowed with different kinds of gifts for different kinds of services.

Oftentimes at Yale, I'll be sitting around studying or drinking or hanging out when I'll hear one of my friends talk about a project they're doing for a class or a rally they're organizing or a play they're putting on. And I'll just think, really, honestly, how remarkably privileged we are to hang around with such a talented group of people around here. I am constantly reminded of the immense passion and creativity of those with whom I get to spend time every day.

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious.

Minor talents or failing talents ask much of those who associate with them. They suck, they cling, they sour, they devour, and they can kill their hosts. Disappointment is a deadly companion. We didn't yet know how many of us would end up in its grip, because we were all still striving, and some of us thought we were thriving.

I wrote in a bedroom crowded with ghosts," Brooke Hayward says. "My mother would disapprove, and my father would be horrified. The moral of my book is that you pay for everything. They were rich, accomplished, famous and beautiful. We were drowned in privilege, yet it ended in all this hideous tragedy." (interview from People magazine (May 23, 1977)

Use your unique gifts and talents to make a difference in the world.