Men do their hardest work at the bottom of the ladder, not at the top. William Feather More Quotes by William Feather More Quotes From William Feather In ability choice education finance majorities people understanding voting A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems to them to be one of the people. That means he must have the same superstitions, the same unbalanced prejudices, and the same lack of understanding of public finances that are characteristic of the majority. A better choice would be a candidate who has a closer understanding and a better education than the majority. Too much voting is based on affability rather than on ability. William Feather education mean people Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends. William Feather inexpensive friendship way Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand. William Feather ambition sight jobs Control from without flourishes when discipline from within grows weak. William Feather discipline grows weak 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 finance funny thinking We all find time to do what we really want to do. William Feather wisdom want time Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress. William Feather progress habit change It's not the increasing competition; it's going back to real work that most of us complain about. William Feather competition real work A woman seldom comes out of a sullen spell until she's sure her husband has suffered as much as she thinks he should. William Feather marriage husband thinking An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work. William Feather energy men ideas I have won every argument I ever had with myself. William Feather argument Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience. William Feather inexperience successful needs Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it. William Feather flattery objects thick 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 six men years Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires. William Feather vote prejudice desire 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 ninety-nine risk done The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations. William Feather fables age wise Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful. William Feather answers-to-prayer grateful prayer Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up. William Feather achievement given matter Some men never master anything other than the details of a job. Others master the main idea back of the job. William Feather jobs men ideas
