The worst is over without a doubt.

In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.

Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it.

[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?

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

Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.

... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.