I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have, fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes.

My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.

That is to say, under the old way any time we wish to add to the national wealth we are compelled to add to the national debt. Now, that is what Henry Ford wants to prevent. He thinks it is stupid, and so do I, that for the loan of $30,000,000 of their own money the people of the United States should be compelled to pay $66,000,000 - that is what it amounts to, with interest.

I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.

What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.