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William George Jordan

William George Jordan (March 6, 1864 - April 20, 1928) was an American editor, lecturer and essayist.

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No good act performed in the world ever dies. Science tells us that no atom of matter can ever be destroyed, that no force once started ever ends; it merely passes through a multiplicity of ever-changing phases. Every good deed done to others is a great force that starts an unending pulsation through time and eternity. We may not know it, we may never hear a word of gratitude or recognition, but it will all come back to us in some form as naturally, as perfectly, as inevitably,. . . as echo answers to sound.

Deeds Done, Echoes, Gratitude, Merely, Multiplicity, Phases

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 the radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.

Business, Individual, Influence, Leadership, Men, Unseen

Man does not drift into goodness. . . the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.

Aimless, Destination, Fighting, Inspirational, Men, Port

We carry our house plants from one window to another to give them the proper heat, light, and moisture. Should we not be at least as careful of ourselves?

Light, Giving, House, Moisture, Carry

Worry is discounting possible future sorrows so that the individual may have present misery.

May, Possible, Sorrow, Sorrows, Worry

Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other.

Affecting, Atmosphere, Every Man, Man, Men

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.

Gratitude, Happiness, Intangible, Joy

Worry is forethought gone to seed.

Forethought, Gone, Seed, Worry

There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is

Content, Inspirational, Life, Man, Motivational, Times

Nature is very un-American. Nature never hurries.

Hurries, Nature

Life is simply time given to man to learn how to live.

Men, Life Is, Given, Time, Learn

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 so many decades on earth.

Decades, Earth, Life, Lived, Privilege

A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.

Forever, Philosophy, Principle, Principles, Weeks

He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he sees the world.

Heart, Introspection, Mistake, Observation, Pessimist, Thinking

Gratitude is thankfulness expressed in action.

Action, Expressed, Gratitude, Thankfulness

Love can transmute all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.

Duties, Joy, Love, Responsibility, Transmute

Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.

Exist, Life Is, Radiate, Radiation, Radiations, States

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 the angel in the unhewn block of marble; self-reliance carves it out for oneself.

Angel, Block, Food, Individual, Realizes, Self Confidence

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 truth, he would be willing at any moment to surrender his belief for a higher, better, and truer faith.

Coward, Men, Moment, Religious, Truth, Wrong

Conscience, as a mentor, the guide and compass of every act, leads ever to happiness. When the individual can stay alone with his or her conscience and get its approval, without knowing force or specious knowledge, then he or she begins to know what real happiness is.

Approval, Knowing, Mentor, Real, Specious, Stay