William Feather Quotes
-
Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work
-
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.
-
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
-
Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.
-
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
-
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.
-
Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
-
Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.
-
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
-
It must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature.
-
An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
-
The right man can make a good job out of any job.
-
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.
-
It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.
-
An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
-
Control from without flourishes when discipline from within grows weak.
-
Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
-
The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
-
Giving advice isn't as risky as people say. Few ever take it anyway.
-
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.
-
Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
-
Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.
-
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
-
Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.