Harvey Firestone

"The only real limitation on your abilities is the one you accept in your mind."

"Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"Dedication and hard work will set you apart."

"You get what you focus on in life."

"Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets."

"Opportunity develops the qualities required to meet it."

"The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all—doing nothing."

"Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas."

"Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risk."

"The growth of a business is limited only by the vision and courage of those who guide it."

"Waste in industry is synonymous with waste of human effort."

"The price of progress is trouble, and I pay it cheerfully."

"You cannot have a quality product or service unless every person involved in the creation is given the opportunity to do their best."

"The challenge is not getting ahead; it's staying ahead."

"Knowledge comes from many places, but wisdom comes from experience."

"An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous."

"The success of any enterprise depends upon the individuals who make it run."

"Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs."

"I have found great adventure in working hard at any worthy endeavor."

"Speculation is the romance of finance, but it is a romance that usually ends in tragedy."

"The principle is not that a man owes his primary allegiance to his family, but to the truth."

"A man is not measured by the money he makes, but by the difference he makes in people's lives."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The test of an idealist is that he takes the positive command seriously."

"Every adversity is a blessing in disguise."

"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play."

"Time is the most precious thing we have. Use it wisely."

"Beginnings are hard, but if you persist, achievement will follow."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision it, you can achieve it."