Henry Ford

Automobile Manufacturer American 1863 – 1947

Revolutionized manufacturing with assembly line production methods.

382 quotes

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right."
Success
"The only real limitation is the one in your mind."
Wisdom
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger."
Life
"Don't find fault, find a remedy."
Motivation
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."
Leadership
"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
Change
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."
Courage
"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."
Work
"Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."
Humor
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."
Perseverance
"The only thing better than right now will someday be the past."
Time
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few engage in it."
Knowledge
"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
Politics
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
Truth
"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."
Fear
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
Wisdom
"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better every day."
Work
"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 his angle as well as from your own."
Relationships
"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages."
Success
"There is one and only one thing that determines your level of success: your level of commitment."
"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."
Money
"Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you."
Friendship
"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice."
Work
"I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible."
Imagination
"The business of America is business."
Politics
"Everything comes to those who wait, but a loafer gets nothing but a loafer's wages."
Patience
"The greatest waste of resources is the waste of human potential."
Education
"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."
Kindness
"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than time and money spent in doing things for them."
Leadership
"If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got."
Change