An idea isn’t worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
WILLIAM FEATHERWhen ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
More William Feather Quotes
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Few of us get anything without working for 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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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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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 tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
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The good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
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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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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
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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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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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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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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
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