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The greatest of all the arts is the art of living together!
— William Lyon Phelps
Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.
— William Lyon Phelps
To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.
— William Lyon Phelps
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
— William Lyon Phelps
There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.
— William Lyon Phelps
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
— William Lyon Phelps
The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.
— William Lyon Phelps
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
The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.
— William Lyon Phelps
Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.
— William Lyon Phelps
In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.
— William Lyon Phelps
My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.
— William Lyon Phelps
In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.
— William Lyon Phelps
I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.
— William Lyon Phelps
Real happiness is not dependent on external things.
— William Lyon Phelps
Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.
— William Lyon Phelps
You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.
— William Lyon Phelps
Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit they are happy?
— William Lyon Phelps
The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].
— William Lyon Phelps
Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.
— William Lyon Phelps
At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.
— William Lyon Phelps
Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so.
— William Lyon Phelps
Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.
— William Lyon Phelps
PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures.
— William Lyon Phelps
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
— William Lyon Phelps
If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
— William Lyon Phelps
Every hour of useful work is precious.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
— William Lyon Phelps
Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.
— William Lyon Phelps
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
There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
— William Lyon Phelps
A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.
— William Lyon Phelps
This is the final test of a gentleman: His respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
— William Lyon Phelps
When it comes to politics, one has to do as one at sea with a sailing ship, reach one's course having regard to prevailing winds.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Workers in industry are the partners in war of the fighting forces.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Usury once in control will wreck the nation.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.
— William Lyon Phelps
Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.
— William Lyon Phelps
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
Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
— William Lyon Phelps
I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King