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.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

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 I have around me.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

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 unfold.

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.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

Gosh, it was nice talking to you, but I’ve got a lot of things I’d rather be doing. Like sticking my hand in the garbage disposal.

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless

From a distance I became more convinced than ever that Almighty God destined us to become a great people.

These days her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore.

I'm not a big TV guy, though.

I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that no meant no, but that's it.

In order to love fighting, I have to hate it.

You could say that clinical depression is an incapacity to aesthetic response. It's like there's a constant agreement within ourselves, a kind of mutual understanding between ourselves and the world.

Drop dead-but first get permit