Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Quote by John W Gardner

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One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective...

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective...

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free...

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free...

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble...

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut...

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my...

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education...

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may...