William Feather Quotes - Page 3

We all find time to do what we really want to do.

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

Few of us get anything without working for it.

Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure

The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you're not.

A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.

Men do their hardest work at the bottom of the ladder, not at the top.

After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.

Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Control from without flourishes when discipline from within grows weak.

BUSINESS and LIFE are like a bank account-you can't take out more than you put in.

Make a better friend of every man with whom you come in contact

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.

Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

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.

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.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

Brains aren't everything, but they're important.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.