Henry Ford Quotes

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Henry Ford

Profession : Businessman

Birth : July 30, 1863

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.

Henry Ford

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.

Henry Ford

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

Henry Ford

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.

Henry Ford

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Henry Ford

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Henry Ford

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.

Henry Ford

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.

Henry Ford

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

Henry Ford

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.

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

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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Henry Ford

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

Henry Ford

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

Henry Ford

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

Henry Ford

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

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

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Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

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The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Henry Ford

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Henry Ford