Quotes by : John W. Gardner

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

Art gropes it stalks like a hunter lost in the woods listening to itself and to everything around it....

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant....

The world loves talent but pays off on character.

If one defines the term 'dropout' to mean a person who has given up serious effort to meet his responsibilities....

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive....

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the....

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders....