Henry Ford

"A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large."

"The objects of life are the paymaster of life."

"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."

"History is bunk."

"The greatest thing we can do is good to others."

"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this."

"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."

"Everybody wants to save the world but nobody wants to help mom do the dishes."

"The question 'who ought to be boss' is like asking 'who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor."

"The man who has the most power is the man who has thought the most."

"Money is not real capital. Money represents capital, but it is not capital in itself."

"There is one attitude and only one in which great deeds are done, and that is free will."

"The greatest revolution in our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

"Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices."

"The higher your station, the greater your obligation."

"I am looking for a lot of men about 14 to 35 years old and they ought to be cheap."

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

"The man who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently, not the end of the story."

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

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."

"The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy right things."

"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service."

"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice."

"The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."

"Youth is not a time of life—it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination."

"The secret to a better future is to forget the past and focus on what you can do today."

"I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for."

"The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well."