Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.

Successful people do ordinary things with extraordinary consistency, commitment and focus.

The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.

Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.

Great leaders don't succeed because they are great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

Purpose is the ultimate fuel for our journey through life. When we drive with purpose we don't get tired or bored and our engines don't burn out.

Adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome than you can imagine!

No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.

Let your words merely reiterate what your actions have already stated.

Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?""Girls don't often ask questions like that, " said Hermione."Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully.

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.

I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.

It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.

Teachers perform major miracles in America, daily.

Don't die with your music still in you. Don't die with your purpose unfulfilled. Don't die feeling as if your life has been wrong. Don't let that happen to you.