If people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
WILLIAM FEATHERThe best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.
More William Feather Quotes
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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.
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That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
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Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.
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We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.
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Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.
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A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
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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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Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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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.
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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.
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Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
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An idea isn’t worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
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Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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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.
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He isn’t a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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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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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
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When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
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Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help.
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