Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not achieve it… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them… — 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
Americans have always believed that-within the law-all kinds of people should be allowed to take the initiative in all kinds of activities.… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
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
One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. — 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
We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs,… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Some people may have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. They achieve it. They do not achieve… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and… — 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
