John W(illiam) Gardner

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"Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage."	Age, Courage, Leadership
"Josh Billings said, "It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves, and the modern world is particularly rich in such stratagems."	Adversity, Age, Art
"When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied, 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light."	Creativity, Darkness, Education
"True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents."	Ability, Happiness, Honesty
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."	Age, Evil, Excellence
"Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality."	Destruction, Drugs, Men
"Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents."	Ability, Books, Happiness
"History never looks like History when you are living through it."	History, Life
"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."	Education, Friends, Goals
"The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept."	Ability, Acceptance, Assumptions

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