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The world loves talent but pays off on character.
John W. Gardner
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John W. Gardner
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: October 8
Died: 2002
Died: February 16
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John William Gardner
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Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.
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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.
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We need more than individual value systems we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the tensions of daily life. That is what enables them to rise above the conflicts that plague any society.
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Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
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We have to face the fact that most men and women out there are more stale than they know, more bored than they care to admit.
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One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility, are building the common future.
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The play of conflicting interests in a framework of shared purposes is the drama of a free society. It is a robust exercise, and often a noisy one. It is not for the faint-hearted, or the tidy-minded.
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The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
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When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.
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One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
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All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.
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It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.
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We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.
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The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.
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