William Phelps Quotes (6 Quotes)

I cannot explain to another the joy and the happiness I get out of teaching. It is more than a profession, an occupation, a vocation, a struggle it is a passion, for I love to teach. ... I love to teach as a painter loves to paint, as a singer loves to si

The average Englishman does not see why a stranger should accost him with jocosity - many Englishmen do not see why a stranger should accost them at all.

I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us.

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.

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. 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. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century