The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

Never make a personnel judgment the first time it comes up.

The final act of business judgment is intuitive.

It is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance.

Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.

I have never issued an order since I have been the operating head of the corporation.

[Could] motor cars could be produced [in a country like Germany] and sold in competition in the American market . . . .In my opinion it is impossible to reach the conclusion that competition from without can ever be any factor whatsoever?