William Feather Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.”

“When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.”

“The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.”

“Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.”

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

“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.”

“The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.”

“Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.”

“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.”

“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.”