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.
From John W. Gardner
The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
History never looks like history when you are living through it.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
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