Live the rest of your life in possibility

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

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 not about impressing people. It’s not about getting the next job. It’s about contributing something.

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

My job [is] to awaken possibility in other people. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If they're not shining you get to ask this question: "Who am I being that my children's eyes are not shining?"

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.

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