{"quotes":[{"text":"A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["attitude","brilliance-and-attitude","brilliance","debate","dialogue","genius","genius","intelligence","intelligence","learning","learning","mind","mind","mind","smart","smart","speech","speech","student","talking-too-much"],"id":4171,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"For the rest of history, for most of us, our bright promise will always fall short of being actualised; it will never earn us bountiful sums of money or beget exemplary objects or organisations....Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range of minor yet critical psychological flaws (a little too much optimism, an unprocessed rebelliousness, a fatal impatience or sentimentality). We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or a bicycle.","author":"Alain de Botton","tags":["brilliance","failure","flaws","promise","success"],"id":5308,"author_id":"Alain+de+Botton"},{"text":"Write the masterpiece that has not been written.Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung.Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted.Create the masterpiece that has not been created.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["artist","brilliance","create","creativity","do-the-impossible","genius","magnum-opus","masterpiece","musician","painter","writers"],"id":9783,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Show me your talents and I'll show you your net worth.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["brilliance","expert","gift","gifts-and-talents","life","life-and-sayings","money","net-worth","rich","skill","success","talent","wealth"],"id":17382,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Our talents are living things, we give birth to them, nourish them till they grow and become immortal.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["artistry","birth","brain-power","brilliance","eternity","flair","forever","genius","growth","immortal","immortality","infinite","infinity","knack","legacy","living-things","nourishment","nurture","nurturing","subtle","talent","talents","touch","wisdom","wit"],"id":18123,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["brilliance","enlightenment","faith","folly","fool","foolish","genius","guru","ignorance-of-people","ignorance","intelligence","knowledge","learning","master","mind","mind","sage","smart","spiritual-insight","spiritual-insights","spiritual","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality","student","teacher","teaching","understanding","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":30366,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"When the Earth basks in the Sun's brilliance, you'll find me there with my arms spread wide and my face with a smile.","author":"Saim .A. Cheeda","tags":["arms","bask","brilliance","earth","face","find","me","nature","peace","smile","spread","sun","travel","wide"],"id":36759,"author_id":"Saim+.A.+Cheeda"},{"text":"There is no such thing as a person without brilliance.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["brilliance","teaching","wisdom"],"id":38714,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"The Excellence Manifesto #1I pledge myself to patience.I pledge myself to boldness.I pledge myself to kindness.I pledge myself to prudence.I pledge myself to cheerfulness.I pledge myself to genuineness.I pledge myself to goodness.I commit to skilfulness.I commit to diligence.I commit to resourcefulness.I commit to excellence.I commit to perseverance.I commit to brilliance.I commit to transcendence.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["brilliance","diligence","excellence","goodness","manifesto","skill","success","transcendence"],"id":40662,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"In times of trouble, people need artists. We create those spaces where their own pain and worry and sadness can rest, and where their broken hearts can hope again.","author":"Teresa R. Funke","tags":["art","artists-life","brilliance","broken-heart","grief","hope-for-each-day","need","passion"],"id":44826,"author_id":"Teresa+R.+Funke"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":101,"pages":11,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}