One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
Henry FordAn imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation.
Henry FordBorrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another.
Henry FordI 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.
Henry Ford