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

Quote by John W Gardner

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

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

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 society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in...

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

The cynic says, One man can't do anything. I say, Only one man can do...

The cynic says, One man can't do anything. I say, Only one man can do...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

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...

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden...

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden...

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...

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.

Let me be patient...let me be kind...make me unselfish, without being blind.

Let me be patient...let me be kind...make me unselfish, without being blind.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time.

Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time.

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to...

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to...