Top 140 William Feather Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Perseverance Quotes

2. “If at first you don’t succeed, try hard work.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Firsts Quotes

3. “The way to get ahead is to start now.”

— William Feather

4. “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Happiness Quotes

5. “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.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Progress Quotes

6. “If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.”

— William Feather

7. “Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Book Quotes

8. “One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.”

— William Feather

9. “BUSINESS and LIFE are like a bank account-you can’t take out more than you put in.”

— William Feather

10. “Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.”

— William Feather

11. “One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.”

— William Feather

12. “Whether it’s marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Patience Quotes, Firsts Quotes

13. “The right man can make a good job out of any job.”

— William Feather

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

— William Feather

15. “Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.”

— William Feather

16. “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Fun Quotes

17. “Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.”

— William Feather

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

— William Feather

19. “Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Book Quotes

20. “The primary asset of any business is its organization.”

— William Feather

21. “Education is knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and its knowing how to use the information you get.”

— William Feather

22. “Wealth flows from energy and ideas.”

— William Feather

23. “A hotel isn’t like a home, but it’s better than being a house guest.”

— William Feather

24. “We all find time to do what we really want to do.”

— William Feather

25. “Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.”

— William Feather

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

— William Feather

27. “The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.”

— William Feather

28. “Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.”

— William Feather

29. “Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.”

— William Feather

30. “Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.”

— William Feather

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

— William Feather

32. “Mistakes occur when a man is over-worked or over-confident.”

— William Feather

33. “Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure.”

— William Feather

34. “Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.”

— William Feather

35. “If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.”

— William Feather

36. “Know and believe in yourself and what others think won’t disturb you.”

— William Feather

37. “Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.”

— William Feather

38. “Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.”

— William Feather

39. “Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.”

— William Feather

40. “Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.”

— William Feather

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

— William Feather

42. “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

43. “After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.”

— William Feather

44. “No task is so humble that it does not offer an outlet for individuality.”

— William Feather

Featured in: Individuality Quotes

45. “One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”

— William Feather

46. “Control from without flourishes when discipline from within grows weak.”

— William Feather

47. “One right and honest definition of business is mutual helpfulness.”

— William Feather

48. “The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.”

— William Feather

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

— William Feather

50. “It is better to rely on yourself than on your friends.”

— William Feather