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

— John W. Gardner

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

— John W. Gardner

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All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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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

#better #effective #helping #more #people

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

— Andrew Garfield

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Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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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

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Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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The cynic says, "One man can't do anything." I say, "Only one man can do anything." ↗

— John W. Gardner

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The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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