Quotes about John W Gardner

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

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

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

#John W Gardner

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

#John W Gardner

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

#John W Gardner

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

#John W Gardner

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we...

#John W Gardner

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

#John W Gardner

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

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

#John W Gardner

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

#John W Gardner

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

#John W Gardner