A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
WILLIAM FEATHERA budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
WILLIAM FEATHERNot 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.
WILLIAM FEATHERIf people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
WILLIAM FEATHERThe prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.
WILLIAM FEATHERAn idea isn’t worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
WILLIAM FEATHEROne of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
WILLIAM FEATHERFew of us get anything without working for it.
WILLIAM FEATHERConcentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
WILLIAM FEATHERFinishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
WILLIAM FEATHERA man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
WILLIAM FEATHERHe isn’t a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
WILLIAM FEATHERSuccess seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
WILLIAM FEATHERBack of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
WILLIAM FEATHERWomen lie about their age; men lie about their income.
WILLIAM FEATHERAny 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.
WILLIAM FEATHERThe 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.
WILLIAM FEATHER