A biography for Henry Fordhasn’t been written yet.
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”
“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
“History is more or less bunk.”
“Whether you believe you can or you believe you can't, you are correct.”
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”
“An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.”
“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.”
“We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.”
“Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.”
“Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.”
“A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.”
“Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.”
“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.”
“There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.”
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”
“אם הייתי שואל אנשים מה הם רוצים, הם היו עונים 'סוסים מהירים יותר'”
“חשיבה היא העבודה הקשה ביותר, וזו כנראה הסיבה לכן שכל כך מעט עוסקים בה.”
“זה טוב שהאזרחים אינם מבינים את המערכת הבנקאית והכספית, מכיוון שאם הם היו מבינים, אני מאמין שהייתה פורצת מהפכה טרם בוקר המחרת.”
“אני מחפש שורה ארוכה של אנשים שיש להם היכולת הבלתי מוגבלת לדעת מה אי אפשר לעשות.”
“קומץ אנשים מתעשרים פשוט מפני שהם שמים לב לפרטים שמהם מתעלמים רוב האנשים.”