William Feather Quotes

Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.

It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about.

Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.

The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.

A man of fifty looks as old as Santa Claus to a girl of twenty.

Indifference and inaction must always pay a penalty.

Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.

After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.

The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.

In business, as in baseball, the prizes go most often to the organizations that pursue their objective hard and relentlessly every day of the year.

Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.

Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.

Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost.

Men do their hardest work at the bottom of the ladder, not at the top.

It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.

When a woman wears a low-cut gown, what does she expect you to do: look or not look?

Nothing happens to you that has not happened to someone else.

Success makes us intolerant of failure and failure makes us intolerant of success.

The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort.

The primary asset of any business is its organization.

Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work

Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.

Mistakes occur when a man is over-worked or over-confident.

Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.

Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought.

In many lines of wok, it isn't how much you do that counts, but how much you do well and how often you decide right.

It must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature.

Few women are dumb enough to listen to reason.

I get quiet joy from the observation of anyone who does his job well.

Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.

The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.

He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.

We don't need men with new ideas as much as we need men who will put energy behind the old ideas.

We all know that the nation can't divide more than the people produce, but as individuals we try to get more than our share and that's how we get ahead.

The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.

An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.

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

Beware the person who won't be bothered with details.

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend

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

If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.

Unless a man has been kicked around a little you can't really depend upon him to amount to anything.

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

Politeness is an inexpensive way of making friends.

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

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

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