Quotes from William Feather

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.

Some men never master anything other than the details of a job. Others master the main idea back of the job.

If a man can make typewriters better than anyone else, let us, in the name of common sense, keep him on the job of making typewriters.

Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.

The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience.

That they may have a little peace even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

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.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.

Education: Being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful

Some people are making such thorough plans for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.

"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"

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.