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Top 25 Benjamin Zander Quotes (2025 Update)

Benjamin Zander Quote: “My job is to awaken possibility in other people.”

1. “My job is to awaken possibility in other people.”

— Benjamin Zander

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

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

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “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.”

3. “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

Benjamin Zander Quote: “When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!””

4. “When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!””

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “Live the rest of your life in possibility.”

5. “Live the rest of your life in possibility.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “Everybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.”

7. “Everybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.”

9. “The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.”

10. “I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know youre doing it.”

11. “Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know youre doing it.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “If you make a mistake, celebrate.”

12. “If you make a mistake, celebrate.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.”

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

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “As leaders, we’re giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an expectation to live up to, and then we can reassess them according to performance. Or we can offer grades as a possibility to live into. The second approach is much more powerful.”

14. “As leaders, we’re giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an expectation to live up to, and then we can reassess them according to performance. Or we can offer grades as a possibility to live into. The second approach is much more powerful.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “The practice of giving an A transports your relationships from the world of measurement into the universe of possibility... This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.”

15. “The practice of giving an A transports your relationships from the world of measurement into the universe of possibility... This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “The major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.”

16. “The major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “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.”

17. “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

Benjamin Zander Quote: “Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep on slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run.”

18. “Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep on slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “I’m so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can’t play great music unless your heart’s been broken.”

19. “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

Benjamin Zander Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “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.”

21. “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

Benjamin Zander Quote: “I have a definition of success...”

22. “I have a definition of success...”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “I settled on a game called I am a contribution. Unlike success and failure, contribution has no other side. It is not arrived at by comparison.”

23. “I settled on a game called I am a contribution. Unlike success and failure, contribution has no other side. It is not arrived at by comparison.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “Would you think of somebody who you adore, who’s no longer there? A beloved grandmother, a lover – somebody in your life who you love with all your heart, but that person is no longer with you. Bring that person into your mind, and at the same time follow the line all the way from B to E, and you’ll hear everything that Chopin had to say.”

24. “Would you think of somebody who you adore, who’s no longer there? A beloved grandmother, a lover – somebody in your life who you love with all your heart, but that person is no longer with you. Bring that person into your mind, and at the same time follow the line all the way from B to E, and you’ll hear everything that Chopin had to say.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “Right. So if the eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it. If the eyes are not shining, you get to ask a question. And this is the question: who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining? We can do that with our children, too. Who am I being, that my children’s eyes are not shining? That’s a totally different world.”

25. “Right. So if the eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it. If the eyes are not shining, you get to ask a question. And this is the question: who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining? We can do that with our children, too. Who am I being, that my children’s eyes are not shining? That’s a totally different world.”

— Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander Quote: “It’s not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.”

26. “It’s not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.”

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Benjamin Zander Quote: “He had realized that the labels he had been taking so seriously are human inventions – it’s all a game. The Number 68 is invented and the A is invented, so we might as well choose to invent something that brightens our life and the lives of the people around us.”

27. “He had realized that the labels he had been taking so seriously are human inventions – it’s all a game. The Number 68 is invented and the A is invented, so we might as well choose to invent something that brightens our life and the lives of the people around us.”

— Benjamin Zander

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