Benjamin Zander Quotes
- I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.
- The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
- In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life…
- Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that…
- How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace…
- It’s one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he’s leading to realize whatever…
- The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.
- Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
- Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know youre doing it.
- This is the moment — this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. That’s what our job is. It’s…
- Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?
- I have a definition of success..
- South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain…
- The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
- Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.
- I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes…
- My job is to awaken possibility in other people.
- how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
- It is the tuning of the universe... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.