William Feather Quotes
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Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.
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The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.
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I get quiet joy from the observation of anyone who does his job well.
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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
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The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. In the hundred-yard race the winner doesn't cross the tape line a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of our work.
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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.
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When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
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Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.
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Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost.
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Make a better friend of every man with whom you come in contact
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Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.
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The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
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He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.
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It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about.
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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.
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The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.
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An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
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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.
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Some men never master anything other than the details of a job. Others master the main idea back of the job.
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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.