"An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work."
Quotes by William Feather
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William Feather quotes on Work
View all Work quotes →"Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles."
"Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work."
"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."
"Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible."
William Feather quotes on Happiness
View all Happiness quotes →"Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it."
"One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person."
"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 quotes on Wisdom
View all Wisdom quotes →"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations."
"Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious."
"Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age."
William Feather quotes on Life
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View all Truth quotes →William Feather quotes on Action
View all Action quotes →"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 quotes on Equality
View all Equality quotes →"One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person."
William Feather quotes on Philosophy
View all Philosophy quotes →"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 quotes on Peace
View all Peace quotes →"That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally."
William Feather quotes on Humor
View all Humor quotes →"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 quotes on Justice
View all Justice quotes →"An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court."
William Feather quotes on Money
View all Money quotes →"Wealth flows from energy and ideas."
William Feather quotes on Politics
View all Politics quotes →"That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally."
William Feather quotes on Failure
View all Failure quotes →"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."
William Feather quotes on Success
View all Success quotes →"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."