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John W. Gardner Quotes: To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
         

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.


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Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.



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Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.



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The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.



Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.



Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.



True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.



Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.



History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.



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

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



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If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.





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