John W. Gardner
"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
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"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
"بعض الناس يقوّون المجتمع بمجرّد كونهم على ما هم عليه."
John W. Gardner
"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."
"المجتمع الذي يزدري التميز في السباكة باعتبارها عملاً وضيعاً، ويتسامح مع الرداءة في الفلسفة لأنها نشاط رفيع، لن ينعم بسباكة جيدة ولا بفلسفة قويمة؛ فلن تصمد أنابيبه ولا نظرياته."
John W. Gardner
"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."
"النزهاء، بذات وجودهم، يوقدون في النفوس شعلة الإيمان بأننا كأمة نستطيع أن نسمو فوق درك الرذيلة. نحن في أمس الحاجة إلى هذا الإيمان؛ فالمجتمع الذي يغلب عليه الشك مجتمع فاسد."
John W. Gardner
"If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college."
"إن لم تمنح ابنك حرية اتخاذ القرارات المالية، بما في ذلك القرارات الطائشة، فسيُقدم عليها بكثرة حين يلتحق بالجامعة."
John W. Gardner
"For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred."
"لكل موهبة حفزها الفقر، هناك مئة أزهقها."
John W. 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."
"القادة أشكالٌ شتى، وأنماطٌ متعددة، وخصائصُ متنوعة. منهم الصامتون، ومنهم من يُسمع صوته في الأرجاء البعيدة. بعضهم يجد القوة في البلاغة، وبعضهم في الحكمة، وبعضهم في الشجاعة."
John W. Gardner
"History never looks like history when you are living through it."
"التاريخ لا يبدو تاريخًا أبدًا حين تعيشه."
John W. Gardner
"One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure."
John W. Gardner
"If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are."
John W. Gardner
"It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government."
John W. Gardner
"If one defines the term 'dropout' to mean a person who has given up serious effort to meet his responsibilities then every business office government agency golf club and university faculty would yield its quota."
John W. Gardner
"History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy and it always feels uncomfortable."
John W. Gardner
"One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure."
John W. Gardner
"John Milton called his school Christ College 'a stony-hearted stepmother'. The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education."
John W. Gardner
"Art gropes it stalks like a hunter lost in the woods listening to itself and to everything around it unsure of itself waiting to pounce."
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
"We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. 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
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