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.… — William George Jordan Angel 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… — William George Jordan Absorption Copy Share Image
Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other. — William George Jordan Atmosphere Copy Share Image
Love can transmute all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys. — William George Jordan Duty Copy Share Image
Worry is discounting possible future sorrows so that the individual may have present misery. — William George Jordan Fear 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 Happiness 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… — William George Jordan Heart 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… — William George Jordan Affliction 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… — William George Jordan Careful 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… — William George Jordan Decades 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… — William George Jordan Confidence Copy Share Image
We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that… — William George Jordan Add Copy Share Image
Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits,… — William George Jordan Acquisition Copy Share Image
Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is a rivalry with ourselves. We should each day seek… — William George Jordan Break Copy Share Image
Life is simply time given to man to learn how to live. — William George Jordan Given 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… — William George Jordan Belief Copy Share Image
“Everything that is great in life is the product of slow growth; the newer, and greater, and higher, and nobler the work,… — William George Jordan Growth Copy Share Image
Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys. — William George Jordan Duty Copy Share Image
A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever. — William George Jordan Century Copy Share Image
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil---the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life.… — William George Jordan Business Copy Share Image
Conscience, as a mentor, the guide and compass of every act, leads ever to happiness. When the individual can stay alone with… — William George Jordan Approval Copy Share Image
Worry is the most popular form of suicide. Worry impairs appetite, disturbs sleep, makes respiration irregular, spoils digestion, irritates disposition, warps character,… — William George Jordan Appetite Copy Share Image
