William Feather Quotes

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

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.

Every job has two salaries. One is the pay you get. The other is the mental satisfaction you derive from working for the company.

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.

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

The trouble with a man who takes his time is that he takes your time, too.

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.

A tinfoil wrapper doesn’t make a bum cigar taste any better.

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

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.

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

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

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

Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.

Nothing makes us so sleepy as the bell of our alarm clock.