Extraordinary Minds Quotes

“Discover your difference—the asynchrony with which you have been blessed or cursed—and make the most of it.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“Extraordinary individuals are distinguished less by their impressive “raw powers” than by their ability to identify their strengths and then to exploit them.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“if you think you know what is going on, you haven’t got a clue about what’s going on.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“Extraordinary individuals fail often and sometimes dramatically. Rather than giving up, however, they are challenged to learn from their setbacks and to convert defeats into opportunities.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“There is a limit to the development of the intellect but none of that of the heart”
― Howard Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“Extraordinary individuals stand out in the extent to which they reflect—often explicitly—on the events of their lives, large as well as small.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“I see Freud as energized by three motivations: pleasure in classifying, lust for problem solving, passion for system building.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“every individual will develop relations to other persons, to domains of accomplishment, and to his or her self.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness

“Students of extraordinariness lack strong models that can be crisply tested.”
― Howard E. Gardner, Extraordinary Minds: Portraits Of 4 Exceptional Individuals And An Examination Of Our Own Extraordinariness