William Feather

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

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

“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 prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.”

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

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

“If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.”

“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.”

“Wealth flows from energy and ideas.”

“The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.”

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

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

“Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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