Benjamin Zander famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The conductor of an orchestra doesnâ€™t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Powerful #People #Orchestra
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 the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Memories #Children #Block
My job is to awaken possibility in other people.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Jobs #People #Possibility
The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Teaching #Learning #Average
I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Architect #Possibility #Relentless
Itâ€™s one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people heâ€™s leading to realize whatever heâ€™s dreaming. Imagine if Martin Luther King had said, â€˜I have a dream. Of course, Iâ€™m not sure theyâ€™ll be up to it.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Dream #Kings #People
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 is the story we tell.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Stories #Done #Life Is
Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Differences #Making A Difference #May
Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?
-- Benjamin Zander

#Eye #Player #Shining
South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain issues exist.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Country #Lying #Differences
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.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Symphony #Tuning #Tiny
I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Sorry #Heart #Play
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.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Goal #World #Measurement
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.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Eye #Simple #Shining
It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Giving
Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know youre doing it.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Eye #Shining #Looks
how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Absurd #Magnificent #Humans
This is the moment â€” this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. Thatâ€™s what our job is. Itâ€™s not about impressing people. Itâ€™s not about getting the next job. Itâ€™s about contributing something.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Jobs #People #Important
Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Classical Music
The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
-- Benjamin Zander

#Leadership #Jobs #Vision
I have a definition of success..
-- Benjamin Zander

#Definitions #Definition Of Success

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