William Feather Quotes
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us.
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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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Know and believe in yourself and what others think won't disturb you.
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The way to get ahead is to start now.
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We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
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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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Success makes us intolerant of failure and failure makes us intolerant of success.
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No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.
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Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.
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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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Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.
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Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.
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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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Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl.
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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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Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
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Brains aren't everything, but they're important.
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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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The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort.