Henry Ford Quotes
People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it`s black.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can`t be done.
History is more or less bunk.
You can`t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
History is more or less bunk. It`s tradition. We don`t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker`s dam is the history we made today.
If you think you can do a thing or think you can`t do a thing, you`re right.
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
All Fords are exactly alike, but no two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything just like it before, never will be again. A young man ought to get that idea about himself; he should look for the single spark of individuality that makes him different from other folks, and develop that for all he is worth. Society and schools may try to iron it out of him; their tendency is to put it all in the same mold, but I say don`t let that spark be lost; it is your only real claim to importance.
History is more or less bunk.
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs
Asking `who ought to be the boss` is like asking `who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?` Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
If you think you can do it, or you think you can`t do it, You are right.
The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
Don`t find fault, find a remedy.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don`t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
