We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

—John W. Gardner

About John W. Gardner

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John William Gardner (October 8, 1912 – February 16, 2002) was US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under Lyndon Johnson. He was a strong advocate for citizen participation and founded Common Cause; he became known as "the father of campaign finance reform".

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History never looks like history when you are living through it.

—John W. Gardner

When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.

—John W. Gardner

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

—John W. Gardner

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When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: "Only stand out of my light." Perhaps someday we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.

—John W. Gardner

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The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger—but recognize the opportunity.

—John F. Kennedy

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

—James F. Byrnes

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.

—Henry J. Kaiser

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

—General Douglas Macarthur

You have to recognize when the right place and the right time fuse and take advantage of that opportunity. There are plenty of opportunities out there. You can't sit back and wait.

—Ellen Metcalf

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