William Feather Quotes
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He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.
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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.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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If a man can make typewriters better than anyone else, let us, in the name of common sense, keep him on the job of making typewriters.
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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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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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Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.
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Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.
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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 big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.
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Of all the young men in America only a few hundred can get into major league baseball, and of these only a handful in a decade can get into the Hall of Fame. So it goes in all human activity. .. Some become multimillionaires and chairmen of the board, and some of us must be content to play baseball at company picnics or manage a credit union without pay.
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Always remember that there is a law of compensation which operates just as infallibly as gravitation, and that victory goes at last where it ought to, and that this is just as true of individuals as of nations.
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Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.
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Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.
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Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience.
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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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Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.
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The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.
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Work is the best method devised for killing time.
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Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
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If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
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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.
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A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.
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Mistakes occur when a man is over-worked or over-confident.