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Life Quotes by John W. Gardner
- Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
- A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the…
- The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless…
- There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all your life.
- But if we believe what we profess concerning the worth of the individual, then the idea of individual development within a framework of ethical purpose…
- Life is an endless process of self-discovery.
- The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.
- One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community,…
- Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
- The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies…
- We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality…
- Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. --John W. Gardner
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle