If there is a little sand in the sugar of home happiness, it really seems better to concentrate on the sweetness that remains than to carry around samples of the grit in envelopes of conversational confidence. — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
The man who has a certain religious belief and fears to discuss it, lest it may be proved wrong, is not loyal to his belief, he has but a coward's faithfulness to his prejudices. If he were a lover of… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations. — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Love can transmute all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys. — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Worry is discounting possible future sorrows so that the individual may have present misery. — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
We carry our house plants from one window to another to give them the proper heat, light, and moisture. Should we not be at… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
If there is a little sand in the sugar of home happiness, it really seems better to concentrate on the sweetness that remains than… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
