76 Quotes by William Lyon Phelps

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

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.

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

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.

Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

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

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

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