"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities – brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." ― John W. Gardner Topic(s): Great More From John W. Gardner "If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are." "History never looks like history when you are living through it." "The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else." More In Great "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."― Honore de Balzac "I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don’t know if I’m the monarch of all I survey."― Sylvester Stallone "Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with."― Adam Ant