About William Feather: William A. Feather was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.
One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
Wealth flows from energy and ideas.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
Few of us get anything without working for it.
Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
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.
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
