Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are..

A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive..

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will ha….

Some people may have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly, by “….

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser..

Life is an endless process of self-discovery..

Perhaps the most promising trend in our thinking about leadership is the growing conviction that the purposes of the group are best served when the l….

Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices..

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

At home we have lost the capacity to see what is before us. Travel shakes us out of our apathy, and we regain an attentiveness that heightens every e….

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable..

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well..

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure..

All of us celebrate our values in our behavior..

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their ….

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could hav….

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,….

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education..

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

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 p….

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents..