John W. Gardner

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

John W. Gardner

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

John W. Gardner

Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

John W. Gardner

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

John W. Gardner

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

John W. Gardner

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.

John W. Gardner

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

John W. Gardner

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

John W. Gardner

We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

John W. Gardner

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

John W. Gardner