John W. Gardner
John W. Gardner
John William Gardner,was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfareunder President Lyndon Johnson...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth8 October 1912
CountryUnited States of America
faithful problem being-faithful
Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.
age hallmark institutions
The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
teamwork government hardship
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
karma men reckoning
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
history history-and-memory looks
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
discipline excellence purpose
All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.
education teaching flower
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 own plants.
running being-yourself clever
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.
creativity practice doubt
Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.
powerful failure personality
We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all your life.
islands sea excellence
We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.
communication play two
All that we know about the interaction between leaders and constituents or followers tells us that communication and influence flow in both directions; and in that two-way communication, nonrational, nonverbal, and unconscious elements play their part.
communication two leader
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.
drama exercise play
The play of conflicting interests in a framework of shared purposes is the drama of a free society. It is a robust exercise, and often a noisy one. It is not for the faint-hearted, or the tidy-minded.