William Feather Quotes
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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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Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
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To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain.
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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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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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The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.
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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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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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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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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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If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
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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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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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Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.
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Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.
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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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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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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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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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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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Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.