William Feather Quotes

Experts never seem to tell us what we’re up against until we’re up against it.

If you do not have the capacity for happiness with a little money, great wealth will not bring it to you.

The most difficult jobs look easy until you try to do them.

A single fact will often spoil an interesting argument.

A good time is seldom had by all.

He was known to some people as a writer. In his writings he espoused thrift, industry, promptness, perseverance, and dependability. … As far as was possible, the subject of this sketch practiced what he preached. Some of his enemies point to this trait as his foremost weakness.

Many people are thwarted by excessive ambition. They want a hundred thousand dollars but are unwilling to save a hundred dollars. They want a big house, but do not accumulate enough money to make the down payment on on a small house. They want to write a book, but will not learn to write a letter. Most men become successful and famous, not through ambition, but through ability and character.

Uneasy lies the head that ignores a telephone call late at night.

When the gardeners are praying for rain, the picnickers are praying for sunshine. So what is the poor Lord to do?

The kindness lavished on dogs, if evenly distributed, would establish peace on earth.

Many of us are dull, but not as dull as the grandchildren think we are.

Let’s not have any more wars to end all war.

The way to get things done is to have a good assistant.

A clear conscience doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t any conscience.

Anyone who can think clearly can write clearly. But neither is easy.