A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
—William Feather
Topics: Ability
Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.
—William Feather
Topics: Language
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
—William Feather
Topics: Laziness
The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.
—William Feather
Topics: Action
Indifference and inaction must always pay a penalty.
—William Feather
Topics: Procrastination, Getting Going, Inaction
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
—William Feather
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
Topics: Kindness, Help
Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.
—William Feather
Topics: Change
If at first you don’t succeed try hard work.
—William Feather
Topics: Success
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.
—William Feather
Topics: Talent
Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles
—William Feather
Topics: Trouble
Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that’s widely distributed.
—William Feather
Topics: Experience
A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.
—William Feather
Topics: Money
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
—William Feather
A good man likes a hard boss. I don’t mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.
—William Feather
Topics: Leadership
In many lines of work, it isn’t how much you do that counts, but how much you do well and how often you decide right.
—William Feather
Topics: Decisions
Avoid letting temper block progress-keep cool.
—William Feather
Topics: Temper
The right man can make a good job out of any job.
—William Feather
Topics: Work
None of us can buy goodwill; we must earn it.
—William Feather
Topics: Goodwill
We all know that the nation can’t divide more than the people produce, but as individuals we try to get more than our share and that’s how we get ahead.
—William Feather
Topics: Achievements
If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.
—William Feather
Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
—William Feather
Topics: Men & Women, Lies, Women, Men
When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
—William Feather
Topics: Lying, Lies, Deception/Lying
If you don’t take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you’re not an executive.
—William Feather
The primary asset of any business is its organization.
—William Feather
Topics: Organization
Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.
—William Feather
Topics: Discipline
Successful salesman, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience.
—William Feather
Topics: Patience
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.
—William Feather
Topics: Secrets of Success, Decisions
A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.
—William Feather
Topics: Perseverance
Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.
—William Feather
Topics: Business
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