Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
WILLIAM FEATHERFew of us get anything without working for it.
More William Feather Quotes
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
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The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
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A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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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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The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
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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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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
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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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Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
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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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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
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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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Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
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We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.
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If people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
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The good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
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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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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
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