Quotes of Johannes A. Gaertner - somelinesforyou

“ To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ All of us celebrate our values in our behavior. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility are building the common future. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility are building the common future. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ The prospects never looked brighter and the problems never looked tougher. Anyone who isn't stirred by both of those statements is too tired to be of much use to us in the days ahead. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

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

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ All of us celebrate our values in our behavior. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Leaders can express the values that hold the society together. Most important, they can conceive and articulate goals that life people out of their petty preoccupations, carry them above the conflicts that tear a society apart, and unite them in the pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ The cynic says, "One man can't do anything." I say, "Only one man can do anything.". ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility are building the common future. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ The cynic says, "One man can't do anything." I say, "Only one man can do anything.". ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ 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. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner

“ Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ”

- Johannes A. Gaertner
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