In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

The cement in our whole democracy today is the worker who makes $ 15 an hour. He's the guy who will buy a house and a car and a refrigerator. He's the oil in the engine.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.