John W. Gardner

Puzzles

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• For every talent that ___ has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
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Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to John W. Gardner?

  • → Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
  • → Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
  • → A man cannot destroy the savage in him by denying its impulses. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
  • → There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to John W. Gardner.

  • → At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
  • → I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
  • → Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.
  • → True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to John W. Gardner.

  • → Creative minds are rarely tidy.
  • → There's nothing to it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
  • → A friend is someone who knows all about you, and still likes you.
  • → A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to John W. Gardner. Which one?

  • → Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.
  • → Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.
  • → Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
  • → Gratitude is a sometime thing in this world. Just because you've been feeding them all winter, don't expect the birds to take it easy on your grass seed.
  
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