A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
WILLIAM FEATHERFew of us get anything without working for it.
More William Feather Quotes
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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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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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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
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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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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
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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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If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.
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Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
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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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A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
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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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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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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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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
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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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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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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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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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That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
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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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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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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
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