"If at first you don't succeed, find out……" — William Lyon Phelps
"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
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54 Quotes by William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps has 54 quotes on this site.
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One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the…
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At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.
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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a…
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A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
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A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a…
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One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
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The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a…
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If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man…
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Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more…
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Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.
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I find daily life not always joyous, but always interesting. I have some sad days and nights, but none that…
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