He 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.
More William Feather Quotes
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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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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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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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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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When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
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Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
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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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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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A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
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The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
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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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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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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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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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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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