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We have put together a list of some of the best Quotes that Written by William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps
Total Quotes 53
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 Anyhow, Even If He Did Not Need The Money.
Motivational
Girl
Work
The Teacher Should Make A Concerted Effort Never To Lose His Temper In The Presence Of The Class. If A Man, He May Take Refuge In Profane Soliloquies. If A Woman, She May Follow The Example Of One Sweet-faced Tranquil Girl Who Went Out In The Yard And Gnawed A Post.
Girl
Education
Teacher
Being Educated Means To Prefer The Best Not Only To The Worst But To The Second Best.
Inspirational
Education
Mean
Marriage Is A Fine And Sacred Thing If You Make It So.
Marriage
Sacred Things
Fine
My Religious Faith Remains In Possession Of The Field Only After Prolonged Civil War With My Naturally Skeptical Mind.
Religious
War
Mind
The Principle Of Happiness Should Be Like The Principle Of Virtue: It Should Not Be Dependent Of Things, But Be A Part Of Personality [and Character].
Happiness
Character
Personality
There Is Never Much Trouble In Any Family Where The Children Hope Someday To Resemble Their Parents.
Children
Parent
Trouble
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 Honor.
Jobs
Home
Honor
Every Time You Acquire A New Interest, Even More, A New Accomplishment, You Increase Your Power Of Life.
Accomplishment
Increase
Interest
The Kind Of Happiness That Stays With You Is The Happiness That Springs From Inward Thoughts And Emotions.
Happiness
Spring
Inward
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 It Is.
Heart
Happy Life
Interesting
There Is A Strange Reluctance On The Part Of Most People To Admit That They Enjoy Life.
Inspirational
Funny
Life
At A Certain Age Some People's Minds Close Up; They Live On Their Intellectual Fat.
Thinking
People
Intellectual
A Cat Pours His Body On The Floor Like Water. It Is Restful Just To See Him.
Cat
Water
Body
A Middle-aged Cat Will Often Play As Unreservedly As A Kitten, Though He Knows Perfectly Well It Is Only A Game.
Cat
Games
Play
Herein Lies The Real Value Of Education. Advanced Education May Or May Not Make Men And Women More Efficient; But It Enriches Personality, Increases The Wealth Of The Mind, And Hence Brings Happiness.
Real
Lying
Men
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 Birds, High As Prices.
Book
Mean
Past
Why Is It So Many People Are Afraid To Admit They Are Happy?
Happiness
People
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 Deeper Into The Vale Of Years, I Live With Constantly Increasing Gusto And Excitement. I Am Sure It All Means Something; In The Last Analysis, I Am An Optimist Because I Believe In God. Those Who Have No Faith Are Quite Naturally Pessimists And I Do Not Blame Them.
Life
Believe
Mean
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?
Dream
Appreciation
Appreciate
Honesty Is Not Necessarily The Best Policy. The Best Policy Would Be To Acquire A Reputation For Honesty And Then To Cheat At The Psychological Moment.
Honesty
Would Be
Reputation
Two Persons Who Love Each Other Are In A Place More Holy Than The Interior Of A Church.
Love
Marriage
Two
You Can Learn More About Human Nature By Reading The Bible Than By Living In New York.
New York
Book
Reading
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 As The Horizon Expands.
Life
Climbing
Views
Born: January 2, 1865
Died: August 21, 1943
Occupation: Author
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