Henry Ford

Automobile Manufacturer American 1863 – 1947

Revolutionized manufacturing with assembly line production methods.

382 quotes

"Peace is a day's work away."
Peace
"I am not particularly interested in efficiency. I am interested in betterment."
"Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them."
Wisdom
"The only thing you have to fear is fear itself... and not having a car."
Humor
"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars."
Inspiration
"Anyone who stops learning is old."
Education
"The fear of failure is the parent of failure."
Courage
"I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me."
Faith
"Organized labor is an essential element in a stable, fair, and economically healthy society."
Justice
"The highest calling in the service of society is the reduction of poverty."
Justice
"Experience is the only teacher."
Knowledge
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
Motivation
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
Perseverance
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
Success
"Men are not made for worry. Worry is a waste of human life."
Peace
"The worst thing that can happen to a man is poverty."
Money
"The greatest contribution we can make is to help others become all they are capable of becoming."
Leadership
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."
Adventure
"You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, but he alone deserves support and sustenance whose own two feet stand on the ground."
Strength
"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."
Philosophy
"There is no man living that can not do more than he has done."
Motivation
"The exceptional man never blames others."
"A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
Education
"The natural thing to do is to work—to recognize that prosperity and happiness can be obtained only through honest effort."
Work
"The man who does not do his duty in the little things will never do his duty in the big things."
"As we live, so we shall die."
Death
"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing useful service."
Success
"Take no counsel of fears."
Courage
"The greatest thing we can do for ourselves is to take care of ourselves."
Health