#ed

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#everything #i #make #man #mean

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

#belief #community #corrupt #cynical #existence

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. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#every #excellence #free #free man #goal

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#disguised #faced #great #insoluble #insoluble problems

I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#being #feel #human #human being #i

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

#burden #conviction #education #educational #else

I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#because #been #chaotic #come #containing

My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#classical guitar #depressing #evenings #guitar #guitar lessons

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#civil #civil service #law #never #placed

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#anything #crisis #ever #great #nobody