Henry Ford Quotes & Henry Ford Sayings

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." "Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made." "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." "Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." "You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis." "You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do." A bore is a fellow who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large. A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one. An American can have a Ford in any color so long as its black. An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. 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. Asking 'Who ought to be the boss?' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. At that point the child is eligible for adoption and can be placed with a family that can love the child and can raise the child, Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets Business will get better, but we won't know when it does Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. Change is not always progress....A fever of newness had been everywhere confused with the spirit of progress. Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs Don't find fault, find a remedy. Don't find fault. Find a remedy. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Failure is the only opportunity to begin again more intelligently. History is more or less bunk. 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 damn is the history we made today. 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. 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 damn is the history we make today. I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is a tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today. If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. also attributed to Mary Kay Ash It is easy to give alms; it is better to work to make the giving of alms unnecessary It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. It is not the employer who pays the wages. He only handles the money. It is the product that pays the wages. Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all. Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer-but it was because of what my grandfather did to him. Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't Our recent engagement with the union has been conducted in a constructive and open atmosphere, and I look forward to this continuing. People can have the Model T in any colour - so long as it's black. Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. Reading musses up my mind. Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence. The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. The economic and technological triumphs of the past few years have not solved as many problems as we thought they would, and, in fact, have brought us new problems we did not foresee The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work. The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life. 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. The object of living is work, experience, and happiness. There is joy in work. All that money can do is buy us someone else's work in exchange for our own. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. The object of living is work, experience, happiness The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems. There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured. There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. There is no such thing as no chance. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it. Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral. 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 make today. Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them Whatever you have, you must either use or lose. Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you're right Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right. You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis. You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.