KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

William Lyon Phelps Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

Showing 1-10 of 24 Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

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

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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 speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~William Lyon Phelps

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: January 2nd, 1865

Died: August 21st, 1943

Links

Find William Lyon Phelps on Amazon

Related Authors

Amos Bronson Alcott
John W. Gardner
Temple Grandin
Timothy Leary
Horace Mann
Benjamin E. Mays
Morrie Schwartz
Booker T. Washington

Popular Authors

Warren Buffett Marcus Garvey Zora Neale Hurston H. Jackson Brown, Jr. John C. Maxwell Taylor Swift Harry S Truman George Washington

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Brainy Change Good Government Inspirational Mom Saint Patrick's Day Sympathy