One who fears failure limits his activities.

When I see an Alfa Romeo go by, I tip my hat.

I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

Two classes of people lose money; those who are too weak to guard what they have; those who win money by trick. They both lose in the end.

There 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.

Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.

The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have more industry. More industry, more employment and comfort for all.