William Feather Quotes

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

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

“Business is scheming ways by which you can help your customers make an extra dollar in the hope that they will let you keep ten cents for yourself.”

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

“Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.”

“Every job has two salaries. One is the pay you get. The other is the mental satisfaction you derive from working for the company.”

“If you do not have the capacity for happiness with a little money, great wealth will not bring it to you.”

“In closing a deal, what you don’t say may be more helpful than what you do say.”

“Many people are thwarted by excessive ambition. They want a hundred thousand dollars but are unwilling to save a hundred dollars. They want a big house, but do not accumulate enough money to make the down payment on on a small house. They want to write a book, but will not learn to write a letter. Most men become successful and famous, not through ambition, but through ability and character.”

“Men do their hardest work at the bottom of the ladder, not at the top.”

“Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.”

“Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.”

“Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.”

“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.”

“The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you're not.”

“The way to get ahead is to start now. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don't know now and that you would not have known next year if you had waited.”