Determination...

You don't need talent to master something, you just need determination. - Unknown

what we need to be...

We can’t become what we need to be, by remaining what we are. – Oprah Winfrey

Our attention...

When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless. - Christopher Reeve

Never give up...

Commencement address by Sir Winston Churchill at a graduation ceremony: "Never give up. Never give up. Never, never, never." - this was his entire speech.

Stand out...

Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?

Imitation...

Insist on yourself. Never imitate. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Talent...

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".
-Erma Bombeck

We are capable...

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. -Thomas Edison

Something beyond...

Unless you try and do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow. -C.R. Lawton

Once is enough...

You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.

Less than you settled for...

"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."–Maureen Dowd

Something you love...

I think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. ~George Burns

Happiness...

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. -Bertrand Russell

Talents and capabilities...

“The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.” - Amma