If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
WILLIAM FEATHERBusiness is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
More William Feather Quotes
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A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
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That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
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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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Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help.
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If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it’s such a nice change from being young.
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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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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
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Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
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The good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
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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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Don’t let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
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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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Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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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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Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
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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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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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The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
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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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Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
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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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