1. Top Famous Quotes
    2. /
  2. William Lyon Phelps Quotes

Top William Lyon Phelps Quotes

Browse top 17 most favorite famous quotes and sayings by William Lyon Phelps.

Favorite William Lyon Phelps Quotes

1. "The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and domestic values, but because the cat in quiescence is medicinal to irritable, tense, tortured men and women." ~ William Lyon Phelps
2. "But in a private library, you can at any moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are necessary to them as an audience is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of heart." ~ William Lyon Phelps
3. "In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks." ~ William Lyon Phelps
4. "I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget." ~ William Lyon Phelps
5. "A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him." ~ William Lyon Phelps
6. "Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money." ~ William Lyon Phelps
7. "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." ~ William Lyon Phelps
8. "If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible." ~ William Lyon Phelps
9. "The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older." ~ William Lyon Phelps
10. "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." ~ William Lyon Phelps
11. "A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration." ~ William Lyon Phelps
12. "If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet." ~ William Lyon Phelps
13. "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
14. "Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense." ~ William Lyon Phelps
15. "This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him." ~ William Lyon Phelps
16. "You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York." ~ William Lyon Phelps
17. "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

William Lyon Phelps Quotes Pictures

William Lyon Phelps Quotes
William Lyon Phelps Quotes
William Lyon Phelps Quotes

Today's Quote

In fact, life of the virtual world are the ones who wearing mask."
Author: Abhiyanda B.

What Did William Lyon Phelps Talk About?

Hen
Possible
Ear

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Copyright © 2023 Top Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved. | New Quotes | Topic List | Author List | Privacy Policy | About Us | Contact Us |