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John W. Gardner Quotes
«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 and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you»
Author: John W. Gardner
(Secretary, Writer)
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Failure
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assures, experimentation, exploration, fumble, fumbles, fumbling, narrowing, obstacle, prevents, progressive, The Progressive
«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 striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.»
«Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.»
«America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.»
Author: John W. Gardner
(Secretary, Writer)
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aimless, commitments, destructive, free people, promptly, self-destructive, shared
«The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his own education»
Author: John W. Gardner
(Secretary, Writer)
| About:
Education
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educational, educational system, pursuing, shift
«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.»
«When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we c»
Author: John W. Gardner
(Secretary, Writer)
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Alexander, Alexander the Great, Diogenes, famed, heighten, heightening, heightens, replied, stand out, visited
«More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled by the ravages of industrial progress, by the defacement of nature, by man-made ugliness. If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery.»