"Life is not a competition with others. In……" — William George Jordan
"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 record of our yesterday. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair past follies; each day to surpass...ourselves. And this is but progress."
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William George Jordan
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22 Quotes by William George Jordan
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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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