William Feather Quotes

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

The way to get ahead is to start now. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don't know now and that you would not have known next year if you had waited.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.

Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.

Know and believe in yourself and what others think won't disturb you.

Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not.

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive.

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.

Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.

The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.

We all find time to do what we really want to do.

Wealth flows from energy and ideas.

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.

No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.