Top 19 William Lyon Phelps Quotes



Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world.

 

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

 

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. Why not realize it now?

 

That daily life is really good one appreciates when one wakes from a horrible dream or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?

 

The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.

 

Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit that they are happy?

 

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care then the happiest individual… would be I think an American cow.

 

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

 

The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.

 

Whenever it is possible a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

 

Whenever it is possible a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.

 

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts and we grow happier as we grow older.

 

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

 

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

 

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

 

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 conversation – what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.

 

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 would be, I think, an American cow.

 

If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

 

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

 

 

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