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.
WILLIAM FEATHERSetting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
More William Feather Quotes
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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
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If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.
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A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
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The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
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Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
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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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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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We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.
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Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
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Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
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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 tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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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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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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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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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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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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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 budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
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