Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

“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 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 quie...”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 the happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, we are bound to grow happier as we advance in years, because our minds have more and more interesting thoughts. A well...”

“The expression as right as rain must have been invented by an Englishman.”