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

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

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
- William Feather Quote

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

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
- William Feather Quote

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
- William Feather Quote

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.
- William Feather Quote

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

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
- William Feather Quote

Few of us get anything without working for it.
- William Feather Quote

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
- William Feather Quote

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

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.
- William Feather Quote

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
- William Feather Quote

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
- William Feather Quote

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

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

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
- William Feather Quote

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.
- William Feather Quote

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

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

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

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

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

Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
- William Feather Quote

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.
- William Feather Quote

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
- William Feather Quote

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

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.
- William Feather Quote

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.
- William Feather Quote

The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
- William Feather Quote

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
- William Feather Quote

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.
- William Feather Quote

Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
- William Feather Quote

When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
- William Feather Quote

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
- William Feather Quote