What did John W. Gardner mean by: All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose. John W. Gardner Educator Copy
+ Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Achievement, Excellence, Fate, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Excellence, Indifference, Standards, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Faithfulness, Professions, Values, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Fear, Growth, Motivation, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Empathy, Generosity, Integrity, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Aspirations, Institutions, Tension, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Author, June 26, 2023January 2, 2025, John W. Gardner, Excellence, Extraordinary, Ordinary, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
+ All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John W. Gardner, Control, Nature, Society, 0 John W. Gardner Educator
Art is not special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself if it is good. William Lethaby Architect · United Kingdom
Martial arts has just made me a better person. It’s a way of life. Luke Rockhold Mixed Martial Artist · USA
Discipline is positive. Discipline is training. Teaching and discipline are inseparable. Jean Fleming
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. Jean-Claude Killy Ski racer · France
