John W. Gardner Quotes

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.

If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery.

One generalization that is supported both by research and experience is that effective two-way communication is essential to proper functioning of the leader-follower relationship.

In the artist's recreation of the world we are enabled to see the world.

We have to face the fact that most men and women out there are more stale than they know, more bored than they care to admit.

To sensible men every day is a day of reckoning.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

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

If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college.

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

John Milton called his school Christ College 'a stony-hearted stepmother'. The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

Art gropes it stalks like a hunter lost in the woods listening to itself and to everything around it unsure of itself waiting to pounce.