William Feather - Business Quotes

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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.

William Feather

I like business because it compels earnestness. Amateurs and dilettantes are shoved out. Once in you must fight for survival or be carried to the sidelines.

William Feather

I like business because it is competitive. Business keeps books. The books are the score cards. Profit is the measure of accomplishment, not the ideal measure, but the most practical that can be devised.

William Feather

I like business because it is the essence of life. Dreams are good, poetical fancies are good, but bread must be baked today, trains must move today, bills must be collected today, payrolls met today. Business feeds, clothes and houses man.

William Feather

I like business because It demands faith. Faith in human nature, faith in one's self, faith in one's customers, faith in one's employees.

William Feather

I like business because it is honestly selfish, thereby avoiding the hypocrisy and sentimentality of the unselfish attitude.

William Feather

I like business because it undertakes to please, not to reform.

William Feather