All William Lyon Phelps Quotes
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
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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
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One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
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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
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In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.
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If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.
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A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
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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.
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Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
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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
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A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.
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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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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.
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The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.
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You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.
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