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The Best Sermon Is Preached By The Minister Who Has A Sermon To Preach And Not By The Man Who Has To Preach A Sermon.

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William Feather

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The Best Sermon Is Preached By The Minister Who Has A Sermon To Preach And Not By The Man Who Has To Preach A Sermon.

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One Of The Indictments Of Civilizations Is That Happiness And Intelligence Are So Rarely Found In The Same Person.

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The Happiest People Are Those Who Are Too Busy To Notice Whether They Are Or Not.

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.

The Petty Economies Of The Rich Are Just As Amazing As The Silly Extravagances Of The Poor.

All The Vitamins Needed Seem To Be Found In Plebian Dishes.

Few Women Are Dumb Enough To Listen To Reason.

He Isn't A Real Boss Until He Has Trained Subordinates To Shoulder Most Of His Responsibilities.

An Uncontrolled Sense Of Humor Is Often Costly In Business.

Mistakes Occur When A Man Is Over-worked Or Over-confident.

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.

Let Us Resolve To Do The Best We Can With What We've Got.

Every Social Injustice Is Not Only Cruel, But It Is Economic Waste.

Management Is The Art Of Getting Three Men To Do Three Men's Work

Change, Not Habit, Is What Gets Most Of Us Down; Habit Is The Stabilizer Of Human Society, Change Accounts For Its Progress.

If We Do Not Discipline Ourselves The World Will Do It For Us.

Experience And Enthusiasm Are Two Fine Business Attributes Seldom Found In One Individual.

Finishing A Good Book Is Like Leaving A Good Friend.

We Always Admire The Other Person More After We've Tried To Do His Job.

No Task Is So Humble That It Does Not Offer An Outlet For Individuality.

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.

Problems Always Appear Big When Incompetent Men Are Working On Them.

Nothing Happens To You That Has Not Happened To Someone Else.

Always Remember That There Is A Law Of Compensation Which Operates Just As Infallibly As Gravitation, And That Victory Goes At Last Where It Ought To, And That This Is Just As True Of Individuals As Of Nations.

Success Makes Us Intolerant Of Failure And Failure Makes Us Intolerant Of Success.

A Determination To Succeed Is The Only Way To Succeed That I Know Anything About.

Business Demands Faith, Compels Earnestness, Requires Courage, Is Honestly Selfish, Is Penalized For Mistakes, And Is The Essence Of Life.

Back Of Ninety-nine Out Of One-hundred Assertions That A Thing Cannot Be Done Is Nothing, But The Unwillingness To Do It.

He That Succeeds Makes An Important Thing Of The Immediate Task.

Temporary Success Can Be Achieved In Spite Of Lack Of Other Fundamental Qualities, But No Advancements Can Be Maintained Without Hard Work.

Setting A Good Example For Your Children Takes All The Fun Out Of Middle Age.

Achievement Is By All Accounts To A Great Extent A Matter Of Clinging After Others Have Given Up.

When Lying, Be Emphatic And Indignant, Thus Behaving Like Your Children.

The Right Man Can Make A Good Job Out Of Any Job.

Some Of Us Might Find Happiness If We Quit Struggling So Desperately For It.

Too Many Of Us Vote For Our Prejudices Instead Of Our Desires.

The Big Things That Come Our Way Are ... The Fruit Of Seeds Planted In The Daily Routine Of Our Work.

Wealth Flows From Energy And Ideas.

To Make Yourself Understood You Have To Think Plain And Write Plain.

Getting Along With Others Is The Essence Of Getting Ahead, Success Being Linked With Cooperation.

If You Don't Take It For Granted That The Other Man Will Do His Job, You're Not An Executive.

I Have Won Every Argument I Ever Had With Myself.

Conditions Are Never Just Right. People Who Delay Action Until All Factors Are Favourable Do Nothing.

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I Get Quiet Joy From The Observation Of Anyone Who Does His Job Well.

When A Woman Wears A Low-cut Gown, What Does She Expect You To Do: Look Or Not Look?

One Right And Honest Definition Of Business Is Mutual Helpfulness.

We All Find Time To Do What We Really Want To Do.

Do Each Daily Task The Best We Can; Act As Though The Eye Of Opportunity Were Always Upon Us.

The Prizes Go To Those Who Meet Emergencies Successfully. And The Way To Meet Emergencies Is To Do Each Daily Task The Best We Can; To Act As Though The Eye Of Opportunity Were Always Upon Us. In The Hundred-yard Race The Winner Doesn't Cross The Tape Line A Dozen Strides Ahead Of The Field. He Wins By Inches. So We Find It In Ordinary Business Life. The Big Things That Come Our Way Are Seldom The Result Of Long Thought Or Careful Planning, But Rather They Are The Fruit Of Seed Planted In The Daily Routine Of Our Work.

[on Education] It's Knowing Where To Go To Find Out What You Need To Know, And It's Knowing How To Use The Information Once You Get It.

Politeness Is An Inexpensive Way To Make Friends.

Blow Your Own Horn Loud. If You Succeed, People Will Forgive Your Noise; If You Fail, They'll Forget It.

Whether It's Marriage Of Business, Patience Is The First Rule Of Success.

We Don't Need Men With New Ideas As Much As We Need Men Who Will Put Energy Behind The Old Ideas.

Most Of Us Expect Too Much From Others And Not Enough From Ourselves.

Something That Has Always Puzzled Me All My Life Is Why, When I Am In Special Need Of Help, The Good Deed Is Usually Done By Somebody On Whom I Have No Claim.

The Sweaty Players In The Game Of Life Always Have More Fun Than The Supercilious Spectators.

Know And Believe In Yourself And What Others Think Won't Disturb You.

We All Know That The Nation Can't Divide More Than The People Produce, But As Individuals We Try To Get More Than Our Share And That's How We Get Ahead.

Improvement Of One's Economic Position Is Helped More By Cool Persistence Than By Hot Enthusiasm.

Everybody Knows How To Utter A Complaint, But Few Can Express A Graceful Compliment.

Only The Man Who Can Impose Discipline On Himself Is Fit To Discipline Others Or Can Impose Discipline On Others.

After Saying Our Prayers, We Ought To Do Something To Make Them Come True.

Control From Without Flourishes When Discipline From Within Grows Weak.

The Prizes Go To Those Who Meet Emergencies Successfully. And The Way To Meet Emergencies Is To Do Each Daily Task The Best We Can.

Not A Tenth Of Us Who Are In Business Are Doing As Well As We Could If We Merely Followed The Principles That Were Known To Our Grandfathers.

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If A Man Can Make Typewriters Better Than Anyone Else, Let Us, In The Name Of Common Sense, Keep Him On The Job Of Making Typewriters.

Brains Aren't Everything, But They're Important.

Most Of Us Regard Good Luck As Our Right, And Bad Luck As A Betrayal Of That Right.

It Must Be Terrible To Have To Live Among People And Not Like Human Nature.

Of All The Young Men In America Only A Few Hundred Can Get Into Major League Baseball, And Of These Only A Handful In A Decade Can Get Into The Hall Of Fame. So It Goes In All Human Activity. .. Some Become Multimillionaires And Chairmen Of The Board, And Some Of Us Must Be Content To Play Baseball At Company Picnics Or Manage A Credit Union Without Pay.

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The Tragedy Is That So Many Have Ambition And So Few Have Ability

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Success In Business Hinges Mostly On The Ability To Get The Important Things Done.

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One Compensation Of Old Age Is That It Excuses You From Picnics.

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Loneliness Is Something You Can't Walk Away From.

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Almost Any Idea Is Good If A Man Has Ability And Is Willing To Work Hard. The Best Idea Is Worthless If The Creator Is A Loafer And Ineffective.

Many Of Our Prayers Were Not Answered, And For This We Are Now Grateful.

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Next To A Sincere Compliment, I Think I Like A Well-deserved And Honest Rebuke.

Experience Seems To Be The Only Thing Of Any Value That's Widely Distributed.

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The Reward Of Energy, Enterprise And Thrift Is Taxes.

Giving Advice Isn't As Risky As People Say. Few Ever Take It Anyway.

A Budget Tells Us What We Can't Afford, But It Doesn't Keep Us From Buying It.

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Concentrate On Your Job And You Will Forget Your Other Troubles.

A Man Must Not Deny His Manifest Abilities, For That Is To Evade His Obligations.

Business Is Always Interfering With Pleasure - But It Makes Other Pleasures Possible.

If We Conducted Ourselves As Sensibly In Good Times As We Do In Hard Times, We Could All Acquire A Competence.

Don't Let Ambition Get So Far Ahead That It Loses Sight Of The Job At Hand.

Laziness Is The One Common Deficiency In Mankind That Blocks The Establishment Of A Perfect World In Which Everyone Leads A Happy Life.

Indifference And Inaction Must Always Pay A Penalty.

None Of Us Can Buy Goodwill; We Must Earn It.

An Invitation To A Wedding Invokes More Trouble Than A Summons To A Police Court.

The Wise Man Seeks Little Joys, Knowing That Life Is Long And That His Quota Of Great Joys Is Distinctly Limited.

The Superiority Of The American System Is Eloquently Proved By The Pressure Of People Who Want To Crash Our Borders.

Unnecessary Hustle Is One Of The American Follies. We Hustle At Both Work And Play, And Consequently Enjoy Neither To The Utmost.

In Business, As In Baseball, The Prizes Go Most Often To The Organizations That Pursue Their Objective Hard And Relentlessly Every Day Of The Year.

Books Open Your Mind, Broaden Your Mind, And Strengthen You As Nothing Else Can.

The Way To Get Ahead Is To Start Now.

Next To Doing A Good Job Yourself, The Greatest Joy Is Having Someone Else Do A First Class Job Under Your Direction.

A Hotel Isn't Like A Home, But It's Better Than Being A House Guest.

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.

An Idea Isn't Worth Much Until A Man Is Found Who Has The Energy And Ability To Make It Work.

Nothing Will Ruin An Interesting Intelligent Argument More Quickly Than The Arrival Of A Pretty Girl.

One Of The Funny Things About The Stock Market Is That Every Time One Person Buys, Another Sells, And Both Think They Are Astute.

A Woman Seldom Comes Out Of A Sullen Spell Until She's Sure Her Husband Has Suffered As Much As She Thinks He Should.

Some People Are Making Such Thorough Preparation For Rainy Days That They Aren't Enjoying Today's Sunshine.

The Hardest Job Of All Is Trying To Look Busy When You're Not.

Women Lie About Their Age; Men Lie About Their Income.

A Good Man Likes A Hard Boss. I Don't Mean A Nagging Boss Or A Grouchy Boss. I Mean A Boss Who Insists On Things Being Done Right And On Time; A Boss Who Is Watching Things Closely Enough So That He Knows A Good Job From A Poor One. Nothing Is More Discouraging To A Good Man Than A Boss Who Is Not On The Job, And Who Does Not Know Whether Things Are Going Well Or Badly.

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Before It Can Be Solved, A Problem Must Be Clearly Defined.

If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Hard Work.

Some Men Never Master Anything Other Than The Details Of A Job. Others Master The Main Idea Back Of The Job.

Beware Of The Person Who Can't Be Bothered By Details.

Pure And Simple, Any Person Who Is Enjoying Life Is A Success.

The Primary Asset Of Any Business Is Its Organization.

When Ordering Lunch, The Big Executives Are Just As Indecisive As The Rest Of Us.

The Rule For Every Worthwhile Man Is That No Serious Job Ever Shall Receive Less Than His Best Thought And Effort.

The Only Thrill Worthwhile Is The One That Comes From Making Something Out Of Yourself.

Men Do Their Hardest Work At The Bottom Of The Ladder, Not At The Top.

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Successful Salesmen, Authors, Executives And Workmen Of Every Sort Need Patience. The Great Liability Of Youth Is Not Inexperience But Impatience.

Business And Life Are Like A Bank Account-you Can't Take Out More Than You Put In.

A Man Of Fifty Looks As Old As Santa Claus To A Girl Of Twenty.

Success Is Seldom Achieved By People Who Contemplate The Possibility Of Failure

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Work Is The Best Method Devised For Killing Time.

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