Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner View this quote
The ablest and most effective leaders do not hold to a single style; they may be highly supportive in personal relations when that is needed, yet capable of a quick, authoritative decision when the situation requires it. John W. Gardner
John W. Gardner
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 diversion. John W. Gardner
The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be. John W. Gardner
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. John W. Gardner
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else. John W. Gardner
We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards. John W. Gardner
We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of affluent misery – crocus on a garbage heap. John W. Gardner
American politician
October 8th, 1912 - February 16th, 2002
