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It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.
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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.
William Feather
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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
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Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.
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Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work
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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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Nothing happens to you that has not happened to someone else.
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Mistakes occur when a man is over-worked or over-confident.
William Feather
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Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.
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Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.
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Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought.
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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.
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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
William Feather -
Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.
William Feather
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We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
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The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
William Feather -
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
William Feather -
The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not.
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Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.
William Feather -
In ability choice education finance majorities people understanding voting A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems to them to be one of the people. That means he must have the same superstitions, the same unbalanced prejudices, and the same lack of understanding of public finances that are characteristic of the majority. A better choice would be a candidate who has a closer understanding and a better education than the majority. Too much voting is based on affability rather than on ability.
William Feather
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Success makes us intolerant of failure and failure makes us intolerant of success.
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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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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
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Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
William Feather