William Feather Quotes - Page 4

The right man can make a good job out of any job.

Wealth flows from energy and ideas.

We don't need men with new ideas as much as we need men who will put energy behind the old ideas.

Work is the best method devised for killing time.

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.

It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.

Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us.

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.

When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.

In business, as in baseball, the prizes go most often to the organizations that pursue their objective hard and relentlessly every day of the year.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.

All the vitamins needed seem to be found in plebian dishes.

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.