William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelpswas an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He was a well-known speaker who drew large crowds. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous popular books and articles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth2 January 1865
CountryUnited States of America
William Lyon Phelps quotes about
business three assumption
In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.
inspirational funny life
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
running rain world
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.
love happiness music
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.
friendship dog blessing
To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.
life thinking interesting
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.
education wall order
How essential it is in youth to acquire some intellectual or artistic tastes, in order to furnish the mind, to be able to live inside a mind with attractive and interesting pictures on the walls.
happiness people
Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit they are happy?
cat men relaxation
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.
beautiful wall mind
PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures.
happiness attitude book
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
jesus important-events stories
In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.
religious believe college
I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.
marriage earth highest
The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.