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

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
William Feather

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.
William Feather

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
William Feather

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.
William Feather

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

Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
William Feather

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
William Feather

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.
William Feather

Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
William Feather


Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
William Feather

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
William Feather

Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
William Feather

Few of us get anything without working for it.
William Feather

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
William Feather

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
William Feather

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.
William Feather

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.
William Feather

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
William Feather

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
William Feather