Quotes from William Feather

Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.

He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.

Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.

BUSINESS and LIFE are like a bank account-you can't take out more than you put in.

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

Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.

The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.

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

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.

The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.

When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.

The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.

A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time.

Few of us get anything without working for it.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

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

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

Unless a man has been kicked around a little, you can't really depend upon him to amount to anything.

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.

Politeness is an inexpensive way of making friends.

The way to get ahead is to start now.

Indifference and inaction must always pay a penalty.