Quotes from William Feather

Wealth flows from energy and ideas.

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.

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

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

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

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.

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.

Women lie about their age men lie about their income.

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

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.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you dont. Its knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and its knowing how to use the information you get.

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.

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.

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

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go