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All of us celebrate our values in our behavior.
— John W. Gardner
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
— John W. Gardner
Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.
— John W. Gardner
The individual who has become a stranger to himself has lost the capacity for genuine self-renewal.
— John W. Gardner
The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.
— John W. Gardner
Art is as original and important as it is precisely because it does not start out with clear knowledge of what it means to say.
— John Gardner
The world loves talent but pays off on character.
— John W. Gardner
The chief offense in bad fiction: we sense that characters are being manipulated, forced to do things they would not really do.
— John Gardner
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
— John W. Gardner
It is the nature of stupid people to hide their perplexity and attack what they cannot grasp.
— John Gardner
Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents.
— John W. Gardner
It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.
— John W. Gardner
A story is like a machine with numerous gears: it should contain no gear that doesn't turn something
— John Gardner
The trick, of course, is to find a profession you like and one that will also feed your writing, and not eat up all your time.
— John Gardner
Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.
— John Gardner
Bad art is always basically creepy; that is its first and most obvious identifying sign
— John Gardner
A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.
— John W. Gardner
When people are serving, life is no longer meaningless.
— John Gardner