Henry Ford

"The most important function of a business is service."

"We think in terms of years, but we should think in terms of centuries."

"Any man who thinks he is smarter than other men is a fool."

"The beginning of wisdom is to desire it and to pray for it."

"Men are not troubled by things, but by the views they take of them."

"The test of a first-rate business man is his ability to recognize talent in others."

"A shop is not an institution of charity. But neither is the modern shop conducted for charity."

"I never use a score of models. My limit is ten thousand a day now."

"The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot appear anywhere else."

"A man is not worth much unless he has earned the right to a decent wage."

"Customers are willing to pay good prices if they get good values."

"Creed is the enemy of progress in this world."

"The short successes that have been achieved in this world have been by those who dared to be honest."

"I do not believe that a man should be a slave to a joyless, mechanical grind."

"The policy of the company has been to determine what the public needs and then make it."

"A man can never own anything unless he owes nothing."

"Work to live, not live to work."

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."

"Life, as I see it, is not a location, but a direction."

"The greatest business monument in the world is a satisfied customer."

"Worry is fear, and fear is the worst curse a man can have."

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

"The only real limitation on your abilities is the one you place on yourself."

"In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the press."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"The effort of the average American to lift himself up by his own bootstraps is the greatest tradition of my people."

"Real progress is made when no one is looking."

"A manufacturer is not through with his customer when a sale is completed."

"It is not the employer who pays the wages. He only handles the money."

"Speculation is the triumph of hope over experience."