Jim Henson

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."

"I believe that every person deserves a chance to shine."

"The greatest accomplishment is lifting others as you rise."

"I think that authenticity is rare and precious in this world."

"Music and art are the languages of the human soul."

"I believe in the healing power of connection and community."

"The most important journey is the one inward, to know yourself."

"I think we underestimate the power of believing in someone."

"Faith is not about certainty, but about trust in something greater."

"I believe that gratitude transforms our perception of life."

"The most important thing is the person sitting right next to you."

"We work all day long, helping each other, making sure everything in our world survives."

"I hope that life on Earth is at least as good as it was in the days of the dinosaurs."

"You've got to do something when you wake up in the morning that doesn't make you want to throw up."

"Life is basically about growth and change."

"The connections we make in the course of a life—maybe that's what we take with us."

"I've come to realize that we can't do much about the times in which we live, but we can do something about the attitudes which we bring to those times."

"I do think we're all story tellers; it's a very human thing to do."

"Whether you're a kid or an old man, if you believe something, you've got to go for it."

"Beauty and design go hand in hand; one cannot exist without the other."

"I think one of the things about being creative is you have to be willing to fail."

"There's a tendency to think that young people don't care about things, to be cynical about that."

"I love puppets; they're very expressive and very magical in their own way."

"Different people have different callings, and what matters is that you answer yours."

"The most important work we can do as a culture is supporting the young."

"I'm interested in the weathering of people and what they've come through."

"There's a lot of scary stuff in the world and in everyone's life, but what matters is how you face it."

"I think music has the ability to unlock things that are even harder than visual things to get to."

"The magic is only in what books say, how they weave the words together."

"I believe we can learn things from the past, but we shouldn't be imprisoned by it."