William Feather Quotes
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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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Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.
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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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Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.
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To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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Work is the best method devised for killing time.
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Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.
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Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.
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Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
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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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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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The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.
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Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
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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.
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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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Few women are dumb enough to listen to reason.
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Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.
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Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
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A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.
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The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you're not.
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Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.
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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.