Quotes By Henry Ford

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Any colour - so long as it's black.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.