William Feather Quotes
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The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability
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Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
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Once you have sold a customer, make sure he is satisfied with your goods. Stay with him until the goods are used up or worn out. Your product may be of such long life that you will never sell him again, but he will sell you and your product to his friends.
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Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
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A peculiarity of capital is that it cannot be employed productively without benefiting the community in which it is used.
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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We all find time to do what we really want to do.
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No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.
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The way to get ahead is to start now.
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The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.
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Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
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[on education] It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.
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Brains aren't everything, but they're important.
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Know and believe in yourself and what others think won't disturb you.
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A woman seldom comes out of a sullen spell until she's sure her husband has suffered as much as she thinks he should.
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Success makes us intolerant of failure and failure makes us intolerant of success.
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The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort.
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Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl.
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Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.
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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
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Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
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Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.
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Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.