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…

- John W. Gardner

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

- John W. Gardner

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

- John W. Gardner

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

- John W. Gardner

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

- John W. Gardner

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 “…

- John W. Gardner

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

- John W. Gardner

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable…

- John W. Gardner

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

- John W. Gardner