Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner View this quote
All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose. John W. Gardner
John W. Gardner
If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are. John W. Gardner
Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather. John W. Gardner
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. John W. Gardner
Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, ‘You can’t keep a good man down.’ Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down. John W. Gardner
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. John W. Gardner
Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess. John W. Gardner
Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests. John W. Gardner
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. John W. Gardner
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. John W. Gardner
American politician
October 8th, 1912 - February 16th, 2002
