John W. Gardner (1912–2002)

Author of On Leadership

About the Author

John W. Gardner (1912-2002), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was an adviser to presidents and, to many Americans, a personification of citizen participation and volunteerism in a democratic society. Gardner was Lyndon Johnson's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and a show more member of presidential panels during the Johnson, Carter, and Reagan administrations show less

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Works by John W. Gardner

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On Leadership (1990) 305 copies, 2 reviews

Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society (1964) 246 copies, 1 review

Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too? (1961) 166 copies, 1 review

In common cause (2012) 49 copies

No Easy Victories (1968) 30 copies

Living, Leading, and the American Dream (2003) 29 copies

Quotations of Wit and Wisdom (1975) 29 copies, 1 review

Morale (1978) 27 copies

The recovery of confidence (1970) 17 copies

Leadership and Power (Leadership Papers / 4) (1986) 9 copies

The Nature of Leadership: Introductory Considerations (Leadership Papers / 1) (1986) 8 copies

The moral aspect of leadership (1987) 7 copies

Know or listen to those who know (1975) 7 copies

Leadership Papers, #3, The Heart of the Matter, Leader - Constituent Interaction (1986) 6 copies

Leadership Papers, #2, The Tasks of Leadership (1986) 5 copies

Leadership Development (Leadership Papers / 7) (1987) 5 copies

Leadership, an overview (1988) 4 copies

Constituents and Followers (Leadership Papers / 8) (1987) 4 copies

Attributes and context (Leadership papers 6) (1987) 4 copies

The task of motivating (1988) 3 copies

Renewing, the Leader's Creative Task (Leadership Papers / 10) (1988) 3 copies

The changing nature of leadership (1988) 3 copies

COMMON CAUSE 2 copies

Orations of M. Tully Cicero 1 copy

Building Communities 1 copy

Tasks of leadership 1 copy

LEADERSHIP AN OVERVIEW 1 copy

Renewing - The Leaders Creative Task 1 copy

Toward a pluralistic but coherent society (1980) 1 copy

Short Extracts from Various Authors, in Poetry and Prose 1 copy

Leadership Papers, Numbers 1 Thru 12 (1986) 1 copy

Toward a Motivated Society 1 copy

Reader's Digest Getting More Out of Life 1 copy

Metaphysics 1 copy

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Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience (1994) — Contributor — 28 copies

On the Meaning of the University (1976) — Contributor — 7 copies, 1 review

Changing Congress: The Committee System (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Legal name: Gardner, John William
Birthdate: 1912-10-08
Date of death: 2002-02-16
Gender: male
Education: University of California, Berkeley (PhD|Psychology) 1938
Occupations: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1965-1968).
Organizations: US Marine Corps (wwii)
Office of Strategic Services
Awards and honors: Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
Public Welfare Medal (1966)
S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen (1973)
Cause of death: cancer
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Place of death: Palo Alto, California, USA
Burial location: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): California, USA

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6 reviews

AmandaL.588 reviews

Quotations of Wit and Wisdom by John W. Gardner

This book consists of a series of quotes arranged thematically on various subjects. Chapter titles included subjects like Education, Change, History, and Writers and Writing, among many others. I picked this book up because it was recommended by Robert Fulghum (Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten) in his collection of quotes, Words I Wish I Wrote (which is fantastic, if you were wondering). Unfortunately, disappointed doesn't begin to cover my feelings for this book. I was show more bored out of my mind, and it took me months to wade all the way through it. The quotes were neither witty nor wise, although I do have to admit that there was an occasional gem, which I assume were included by accident. Seriously, out of all the great things that people have said and written throughout history, this was the best they could come up with? show less

Jan 16, 2016

JBarringer 824 reviews

Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society by John W. Gardner