These powers of imagination and creativity are among the few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. But they make all the difference.

Creativity involves putting your imagination to work. In a sense, creativity is applied imagination.

The gardener does not make a plant grow. The job of a gardener is to create optimal conditions for growth

Imagination is the source of all human achievement.

It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.

The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.

Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.