A biography for Henry Fordhasn’t been written yet.
“Vision without execution is just hallucination.”
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.”
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”
“Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.”
“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.”
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“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.”
“As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.”
“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.”
“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.”
“Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.”
“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.”
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”
“You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.”