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"True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents." -
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John W(illiam) Gardner
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Top 5 quotes from John W(illiam) Gardner
"Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage."
"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."
"Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents."
"History never looks like History when you are living through it."
"The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept."
Top 5 quotes from Ability, Happiness, Honesty, Joy, Power, Talent, Truth
"Always be a little kinder than necessary."
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"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."
"The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."
"If you have made a mistake, cut your losses as quickly as possible."
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