Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.

Thinking 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.

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation.

Mr 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.

When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece. Ford replied,''Produce it anyway.

History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.