We are all faced with a series of great opportunities – brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. | ||
— John W. Gardner | ||
[And each new day is the beginning of another opportunity! — kmab] | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2021 | Dreaming Of You | |
Sweet Memories | ||
2020 | He Ought To Be Unemployed | |
May I Have A Little More, Please | ||
2019 | Cash Only, Please | |
Day 14: End Of Week 2 | ||
2018 | House To Home | |
2017 | Got Education? | |
2016 | Necessary Company | |
2015 | Reality Vs Imagination | |
2014 | Penalty Period | |
2013 | Theft | |
2012 | Cranky Old Man | |
2011 | A Man’s Got To Know His Limitations | |
Posts Tagged ‘John W. Gardner’
Brilliantly Disguised
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged John W. Gardner, Opportunity, Philosophy, Problems, Quotes on September 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A Very Few
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Excellence, Greatness, John W. Gardner, Philosophy, Quotes on June 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Or Blog Every Day |
Every Woman Should Have One | |
2020 | Where Are We Going? |
2019 | One Before I Go |
2018 | And Blog Posts, Too |
2017 | Just Doin’ It |
2016 | Definitely Not Bell Shaped |
2015 | Dreadful Pity |
2014 | Worse Than Useless |
2013 | Personal Prisons |
2012 | So, Not Yet Then |
2011 | Real Love |
Spending A Lifetime Learning To Draw
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Art, Drawing, Education, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eraser, John W. Gardner, Life, Philosophy, Quotes on June 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
All of life is a constant education. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Light And Dark |
2019 | My Dog Scratches At The Bedroom Door |
2018 | One Person Can |
2017 | Been There, Thought That |
2016 | Diligent Students |
2015 | Unanswered Prayers |
2014 | Pray, v. |
2013 | As I… |
2012 | But We Need Room |
2011 | A Definition Of Leadership |
Horticulture Anyone?
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Education, Flowers, Growing Plants, John W. Gardner, Philosophy, Quotes, Teaching on April 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Heroes Die Too |
Front Update | |
Still More Hope Than Fact | |
2019 | The Ones Worth Remembering, Anyway |
Boot Edge Edge (My New T) | |
2018 | To Reach The Next Threshold |
2017 | Streaking Tales |
2016 | Singular Reality |
2015 | He Says It’s Hard To Get There From Here |
2014 | Question From A Founding Father |
2013 | Make Heroes |
2012 | See And Hold |
2011 | Am Not, Are So |
Working On The Ordinary
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Excellence, John W. Gardner, Ordinary, Philosophy, Quotes on January 27, 2021| 2 Comments »
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Are You Confused? |
2021 | Working On The Ordinary |
Smoothed My Jagged Edges | |
2020 | Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45 |
2019 | Carry It |
2018 | Simple |
2017 | Knowledge Pays |
2016 | Brief Glimpses And Full Glances |
2015 | Pursuing Perspective |
2014 | Wearing Down? |
2013 | Labouring Under A Curse |
2012 | Listen To Yourself |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 1) |
No Captain Dunsel | |
Says Every Generation Since Schools Were Invented
Posted in Education, History, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Education, History, John W. Gardner, Philosophy, Quotes, Schools on December 17, 2020| 2 Comments »
I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Is Too |
Food For Thought | |
2020 | Says Every Generation Since Schools Were Invented |
Chokin’ My Thoughts Away | |
2019 | Dance The Night Away |
2018 | #45: The Poorest President In History |
2017 | Bull’s Eye |
2016 | Gifts |
Jacked 3 | |
2015 | I’d Settle For Interesting |
2014 | Old Math |
2013 | Adequate Explanation |
2012 | Superior Discovery |
2011 | Welcome Home And Thank You!! |
Two Heritages | |
Sometimes It Does
Posted in History, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged History, John W. Gardner, Philosophy, Quotes on December 14, 2020| Leave a Comment »
History never looks like history when you are living through it. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Just Catching My Breath |
I Still Believe | |
2020 | Sometimes It Does |
Sweet As Rain Upon My Tongue | |
2019 | Pushing The Envelope |
2018 | The Price Of Justice Is (Sometimes) Security |
2017 | Time Too |
2016 | The Cornerstone Pays |
2015 | Would That This Be True |
2014 | More Likely |
2013 | Enjoyed The Desolation |
Watching Faux News | |
2012 | Speaking Of Products |
2011 | Ready To Be Immortal? |
Like Belief In Truth And Facts
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Belief, Facts, Faith, Freedom, Greatness, John W. Gardner, Moral Commitments, Philosophy, Quotes, Truth on November 20, 2020| 2 Comments »
America’s greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Small Curves |
One For Me | |
2020 | Like Belief In Truth And Facts |
Hey #45, Are You Tired Of LOSING Law Suits Too? | |
2019 | Many Forms |
2018 | Serenity Prayer |
2017 | But The Clock Says It’s Already Two Minutes 30 Seconds to Midnight |
2016 | Towards No Regret |
2015 | 109 And Beyond |
2014 | Are You Waiting? |
2013 | Traditional Human Sacrifice |
2012 | A Division Of Men |
2011 | Miles, Legends and Superwoman |
Got Tragedy? | |
2010 | My Company For A Prince!! |
On The Shoulders Of Titans | |
One Person
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Individuals, John W. Gardner, On Cynics, Optimism, Philosophy, Pragmatism, Quotes on July 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The cynic says, ‘One man can’t do anything.’ I say, ‘Only one man can do anything.’ | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | More Likely Unsinging |
What’s At Stake… | |
2018 | But What Are You DOING About November? |
Or His Elected Position | |
2017 | Some Good |
2016 | Edges |
Sums | |
2015 | I Hope Not |
2014 | Study The Means Of Expressing Yourself |
2013 | That Stubborn Thing |
2012 | Like Mike |
2011 | Flawless Or Candid |
2010 | Browning… |
Plumbers, Philosophers Or Presidents
Posted in Health, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, COVID-19, John W. Gardner, Philosopher, Plumbers, Politics, Quotes, Society, Universal Health Care, Water on July 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
[Nationwide, we have lost (deaths) over 1,000 medical staff to COVID-19. With only 4% of the world’s population, we have over 25% of the world’s confirmed cases and over 25% of the COVID-19 deaths. We are the only major industrialized country in the world without universal health care. I (for one) put it all down to poor leadership – starting at the top. Remember how we were promised “better than Obamacare, and it’ll cost less”? That was before our #IdiotInChief President “discovered” (Feb 2017) how complicated “health care” was to solve / fix. #IncompetentDonald – November is coming! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Watching |
2018 | Even #45 Shall Pass To Sand |
2017 | Shedding Light |
In The Neighborhood | |
2016 | The Responsibility Of Freedom |
2015 | Face It |
Birdfight | |
2014 | Honoring Firefighters |
2013 | And Never Will |
2012 | The Human Adventure Continues |
2011 | Almost Never |
For Sale
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Democracy For Sale, John W. Gardner, Politics, Quotes on April 10, 2020| Leave a Comment »
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Letting Go |
2018 | Trying To Give More |
2017 | The Reproductive Value Of A Presidential Election |
2016 | For Me It’s Been Faith |
2015 | Where Many Paths And Errands Meet |
2014 | Rimmed Out |
2013 | Likeness |
2012 | Sums It Up Quite Well, Actually |
2011 | Momentary Abandonment |
And #IncompetentDonald Weakens It
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, John W. Gardner, Politics, Quotes on March 23, 2020| 4 Comments »
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Morning Mirror |
2018 | Wondering About #45 |
2017 | A Prayer For London |
2016 | Don’t Default |
2015 | Her Pilgrim Soul |
2014 | Three Observations |
2013 | Robbed Again |
2012 | Good Hearts |
2011 | Interesting Reading |
What Are You Lookin’ At? | |
Whoever / Whatever
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Excellence, John W. Gardner, Philosophy, Quotes on March 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | The Right Anger |
Another P&P Review | |
2018 | Does Fatalism Equal Mental Health? |
2017 | Choice |
2016 | Growing Worlds |
2015 | Change The Tide |
Martyr, n. | |
2014 | You, Too! |
2013 | Bitter Stand |
2012 | Lost For Words |
2011 | On Market Reactions… |