William Feather Quotes
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The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.
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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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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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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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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.
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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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If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
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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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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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Work is the best method devised for killing time.
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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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Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
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Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.
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Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want 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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Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
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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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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
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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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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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Loneliness is something you can't walk away from.
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Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.
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Few women are dumb enough to listen to reason.
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Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.