"Everything that is great in life is the……" — William George Jordan
"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 its growth, the surer is its lasting success. Mushrooms attain their full power in a night; oaks require decades. A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries."
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William George Jordan
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22 Quotes by William George Jordan
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Love can transmute all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.
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Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.
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We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the…
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He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his…
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The man who has a certain religious belief and fears to discuss it, lest it may be proved wrong, is…
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If there is a little sand in the sugar of home happiness, it really seems better to concentrate on the…
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Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the…
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Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is a rivalry with ourselves. We should each…
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Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.
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Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege,…
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Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of…
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Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance…
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