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Life Quotes by William George Jordan
- We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that may be hidden…
- Everything that is great in life is the product of slow growth; the newer, and greater, and higher, and nobler the work, the slower is…
- Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.
- Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is a rivalry with ourselves. We should each day seek to break the…
- Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of…
- A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.
- There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is
- Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil---the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply…
- Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle