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

Quote by John W Gardner

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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.

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...

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

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...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle...

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle...

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

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

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures...

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures...

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

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....

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...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and...