Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Henry FordIf there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
Henry FordYou say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.
Henry FordWork mixed with management becomes not only easier but more profitable. The time is past when anyone can boast about 'hard work' without having a corresponding result to show for it.
Henry FordThere are two ways of making yourself stand out from the crowd. One is by having a job so big you can go home before the bell rings if you want to. The other is by finding so much to do that you must stay after the others have gone. The one who enjoys the former once took advantage of the latter.
Henry FordYou will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
Henry FordA business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded.
Henry FordTime waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.
Henry FordThere is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There's enough alcohol in one year's yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for a hundred years.
Henry FordNo unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.
Henry FordThinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible. The moment one gets into the 'expert' state of mind a great number of things become impossible.
Henry FordMr Edison gave America just what was needed at that moment in history. They say that when people think of me, they think of my assembly line. Mr. Edison, you built an assembly line which brought together the genius of invention, science and industry.
Henry FordBelieve in the best ... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best
Henry FordThe workingmen have been exploited all the way up and down the line by employers, landlords, everybody.
Henry FordThen why flounder around waiting for good business? Get the costs down by better management. Get the prices down to the buying power.
Henry FordThe short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.
Henry FordBusiness must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also the business must die, for it no longer has a reason for existence.
Henry FordA dollar put into a book and a book mastered might change the whole course of a boy's life. It might easily be the beginning of the development of leadership that would carry the boy far in service to his fellow men.
Henry FordAs long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty and special privilege grow
Henry FordNone of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job... Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible.
Henry FordThe only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.
Henry FordThere are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know the handicap of liquor and this excellent condition will go on spreading over the country when the wet press and the paid propogandists of booze are forgotten. The abolition of the commercialized liquor trade in this country is as final as the abolition of slavery.
Henry FordAnyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.
Henry FordSome people believe they are winners, others believe they are losers. And they are both right.
Henry FordTo live a great life, you must believe in yourself. Let these quotes help you to create a mindset for believing in yourself... Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.
Henry FordWe don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.
Henry FordEvery piece of work in the shops moves. Save 10 steps a day for each of the 12,000 employees, and you will have saved 50 miles of wasted motion and misspent energy.
Henry FordThere are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.
Henry FordI am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
Henry FordIf you need a machine and don't buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don't have it.
Henry FordEvery one knows that insufficient rest and gorging are not good for anyone, either physically or mentally.
Henry FordThe government in business may waste time and money without rendering service. In the end the public pays in taxes. The corporation cannot waste or it will fall. It cannot make unfair rulings or give high-handed, expensive service, for there are not enough people willing to accept inferior service to make a volume of business that will pay dividends.
Henry Ford