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# John W. Gardner

(1912–2002)   Politician   United States

 **88** quotes in **537** categories

John W. Gardner sees great opportunities hidden inside seemingly impossible problems. He says discipline and tenacity turn daily challenges into excellence. Travel, he believes, can shake off apathy and sharpen our sense of what matters. He also notes that a single creative person can move the world.

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John W. Gardner was a politician from the United States, best known for *Self-Renewal*.

## Quick Facts About John W. Gardner

Born October 8, 1912

Died February 16, 2002

Nationality United States

Profession Politician

Notable works Self-Renewal

## About John W. Gardner

John William Gardner was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under President Lyndon Johnson. He was a strong advocate for citizen participation and founded Common Cause; he became known as "the father of campaign finance reform".

## Awards & Honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom NAS Public Welfare Medal honorary doctor of the University of Miami

##  Quotes by John W. Gardner

> [Life is an endless process of self-discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/life-is-an-endless-process-of-self-discovery/)

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[Discovery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discovery/)

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> [A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/a-prime-function-of-a-leader-is-to-keep-hope-alive/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/an-excellent-plumber-is-infinitely-more-admirable-than-an-incompetent/)

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> [All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/all-laws-are-an-attempt-to-domesticate-the-natural-ferocity-of-the/)

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[Ferocity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ferocity/)

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> [For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/for-every-talent-that-poverty-has-stimulated-it-has-blighted-a-hundred/)

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[Politics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/)

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> [All of us celebrate our values in our behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/all-of-us-celebrate-our-values-in-our-behavior/)

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[Behavior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behavior/)

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> [We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/we-pay-a-heavy-price-for-our-fear-of-failure/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-hallmark-of-our-age-is-the-tension-between-aspirations-and/)

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[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/when-hiring-key-employees-there-are-only-two-qualities-to-look-for/)

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[Employee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/employee/)

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> [“One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/one-of-the-reasons-mature-people-stop-learning-is-that-they-become/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/there-is-no-learning-without-some-difficulty-and-fumbling-if-you-want/)

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> [It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/it-is-hard-to-feel-individually-responsible-with-respect-to-the/)

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[Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/)

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> [We have to face the fact that most men and women out there are more stale than they know, more bored than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/we-have-to-face-the-fact-that-most-men-and-women-out-there-are-more/)

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[Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/)

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> [The individual who has become a stranger to himself has lost the capacity for genuine self-renewal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-individual-who-has-become-a-stranger-to-himself-has-lost-the/)

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> [ Perhaps the most striking feature of the \[nonprofit\] sector is its relative freedom from constraints and its resulting pluralism. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/perhaps-the-most-striking-feature-of-the-nonprofit-sector-is-its/)

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> [History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/history-never-looks-like-history-when-you-are-living-through-it-it/)

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> [One generalization that is supported both by research and experience is that effective two-way communication is essential to proper functioning of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/one-generalization-that-is-supported-both-by-research-and-experience/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [All that we know about the interaction between leaders and constituents or followers tells us that communication and influence flow in both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/all-that-we-know-about-the-interaction-between-leaders-and/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [One of my less pleasant chores when I was young was to read the Bible from one end to the other. Reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/one-of-my-less-pleasant-chores-when-i-was-young-was-to-read-the-bible/)

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[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [“We can keep ourselves so busy, fill our lives with so many diversions, stuff our heads with so much knowledge, involve ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/we-can-keep-ourselves-so-busy-fill-our-lives-with-so-many-diversions/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [At home we have lost the capacity to see what is before us. Travel shakes us out of our apathy, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/at-home-we-have-lost-the-capacity-to-see-what-is-before-us-travel/)

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[Apathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apathy/)

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> [Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/creativity-requires-the-freedom-to-consider-unthinkable-alternatives/)

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> [Perhaps the most promising trend in our thinking about leadership is the growing conviction that the purposes of the group are best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/perhaps-the-most-promising-trend-in-our-thinking-about-leadership-is/)

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[Contributors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contributors/)

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> [I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/i-am-entirely-certain-that-twenty-years-from-now-we-will-look-back-at/)

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> [“But a society in which pluralism is not undergirded by some shared values and held together by some measure of mutual trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/but-a-society-in-which-pluralism-is-not-undergirded-by-some-shared/)

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[Common good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common-good/)

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> [Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/tax-reduction-has-an-almost-irresistible-appeal-to-the-politician-and/)

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> [More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/more-and-more-americans-feel-threatened-by-runaway-technology-by/)

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> [Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/some-people-seem-to-believe-that-for-each-problem-there-is-a-solution/)

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> [The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-cynic-says-one-man-can-t-do-anything-i-say-only-one-man-can-do/)

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[Cynic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cynic/)

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> [Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/paralysis-of-leadership-is-due-in-part-to-the-unseen-grip-of-the/)

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> [We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/we-cannot-have-islands-of-excellence-in-a-sea-of-slovenly/)

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[Excellence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excellence/)

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> [History never looks like history when you are living through it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/history-never-looks-like-history-when-you-are-living-through-it/)

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[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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> [Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/excellence-implies-striving-for-the-highest-standards-in-every-phase/)

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[Amiable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amiable/)

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> [Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/some-people-have-greatness-thrust-upon-them-very-few-have-excellence/)

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> [The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-man-who-once-cursed-his-fate-now-curses-himself-and-pays-his/)

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[Curse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curse/)

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> [The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/the-first-and-last-task-of-aleader-is-to-keep-hope-alive/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [In the artist's recreation of the world we are enabled to see the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/in-the-artist-s-recreation-of-the-world-we-are-enabled-to-see-the/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [One man interacting creatively with others can move the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/one-man-interacting-creatively-with-others-can-move-the-world/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/some-people-strengthen-the-society-just-by-being-the-kind-of-people/)

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> [All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/all-excellence-involves-discipline-and-tenacity-of-purpose/)

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## John W. Gardner by topic

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