The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
But if we believe what we profess concerning the worth of the individual, then the idea of individual development within a framework… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
“We can keep ourselves so busy, fill our lives with so many diversions, stuff our heads with so much knowledge, involve ourselves… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
“We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means more dollars… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of affluent misery - crocus on a garbage… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
At home we have lost the capacity to see what is before us. Travel shakes us out of our apathy, and we regain an… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county.… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
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