Best William Lyon Phelps Quotes
- The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. Emotion
- You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York. Bible
- There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life. Admit
- My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind. Civil
- You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your… Deprived
- A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as… Air
- PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures. Beautiful
- How essential it is in youth to acquire some intellectual or artistic tastes, in order to furnish the mind, to be able to live inside… Able
- Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so. Fine
- The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts. Happiest
- Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit they are happy? Admit
- The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. Ethics
- A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration. Admiration
- If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. Favourite
- Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good… Book
- If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get… Anyone
- God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and… Adapted
- A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer… Base
- I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. All
- The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and… Activity
- Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do… Any
- The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage. Earth
- Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. Average
- Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money. Boy
- If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it… American