Don’t let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
WILLIAM FEATHEREarly morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
More William Feather Quotes
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The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.
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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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A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation’s proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
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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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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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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
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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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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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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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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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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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If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.
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Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
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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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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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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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Beware of the person who can’t be bothered by details.
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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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Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
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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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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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