William Feather
William Feather
William A. Featherwas an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth25 August 1889
CountryUnited States of America
humor sense-of-humor
An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.
flattery thick objects
Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it....
important business-success done
Success in business hinges mostly on the ability to get the important things done.
people want pressure
The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.
christian prayer religion
After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.
men ideas energy
An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
writing thinking simplicity
To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain.
block happy-life perfect
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
success important succeed
He that succeeds makes an important thing of the immediate task.
betrayal good-luck bad-luck
Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
giving feelings faults
Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.
jobs work hardest-job
The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you're not.
ninety-nine risk done
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
men years speech
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.