William Lyon Phelps Quotes, Thoughts and Image

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.

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

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

The greatest of all the arts is the art of living together!

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Real happiness is not dependent on external things.

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

PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures.

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.

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

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

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

Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.

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

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.

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.

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

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.

A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.

At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.

Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

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.

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.

Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so.

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].