The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
WILLIAM FEATHERSuccess seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
More William Feather Quotes
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Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
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A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
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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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Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.
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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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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
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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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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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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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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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Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
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We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.
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The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men – the man he is and the man he wants to be.
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