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Life Quotes by William Lyon Phelps
- One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after a sickness.…
- The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
- One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
- Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier…
- I find daily life not always joyous, but always interesting. I have some sad days and nights, but none that are dull. As I advance…
- The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting…
- Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.
- There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
- The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
- 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…
- 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…
- There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- 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