84 Quotes & Sayings By Henry Ford

Henry Ford (born January 30, 1863) is best known for his invention of the assembly line and the Model T car. He is also famous for his personal life, which was marked by great success, personal tragedy, and an everlasting legacy of achievement. Born in Michigan, he worked on his family's farm before becoming an engineer at the age of 23. He promoted "The system" for automakers that still bears his name Read more

Ford turned his factory into a modern utopia, where employees were paid well and were offered benefits unheard of at the time. Ford was also known for being a great philanthropist, he established the Ford Foundation in 1936. He has since donated millions of dollars to charities all over the world, including The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain Henry Ford
Any customer can have a car painted any colour that...
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Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black. Henry Ford
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that...
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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. Henry Ford
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're...
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Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. Henry Ford
Vision without execution is just hallucination.
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Vision without execution is just hallucination. Henry Ford
The whole secret of a successful life is to find...
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The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it. Henry Ford
To do more for the world than the world does...
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To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success. Henry Ford
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or...
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. Henry Ford
You can't learn in school what the world is going...
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You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. Henry Ford
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care...
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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. Henry Ford
You can't build a reputation on what you are going...
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You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford
Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous...
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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. Henry Ford
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It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste Henry Ford
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Whether you believe you can or you believe you can't, you are correct. Henry Ford
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To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense. Henry Ford
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A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large. Henry Ford
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Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work. Henry Ford
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Faith without action is delusion. Faith does not wait for miracles but produces them. If you think you can or if you think you can't, you are right. Henry Ford
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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford
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Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. Henry Ford
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The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. Henry Ford
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Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right. Henry Ford
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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. Henry Ford
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Whether you think you can, or think you can't - you're right. Henry Ford
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Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all. Henry Ford
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Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Henry Ford
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Do you want to know the cause of war? It is capitalism, greed, the dirty hunger for dollars. Take away the capitalist, and you will sweep war from the earth. Henry Ford
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I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense. Henry Ford
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I see no advantage in these new clocks. They run no faster than the ones made 100 years ago. Henry Ford
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Edsel is the artist in our family. Art is something I know nothing about. Henry Ford
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New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what the hell the rest of the United States is. Henry Ford
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If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. Henry Ford
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When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece. Ford replied, '' Produce it anyway. Henry Ford
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It is not the employer who pays wages - he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages. Henry Ford
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Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. Henry Ford
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The best we can do is size up the chances calculate the risks involved estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence. Henry Ford
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Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford
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One who fears failure limits his activities. Henry Ford
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There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Henry Ford
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There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accom plished something. Henry Ford
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History is more or less bunk. Henry Ford
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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
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Think you can think you can't either way you'll be right. Henry Ford
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I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. Henry Ford
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The question "Who ought to be boss" is like asking "Who ought to be tenor in the quartet?" Obviously the man who can sing tenor. Henry Ford
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If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge experience and ability. Henry Ford
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I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. Henry Ford
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Before everything else getting ready is the secret of success. Henry Ford
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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
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We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today. Henry Ford
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford
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A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Henry Ford
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Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. Henry Ford
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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. Henry Ford
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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
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I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. Henry Ford
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Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets. Henry Ford
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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. Henry Ford
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford
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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. Henry Ford
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I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. Henry Ford
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There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. Henry Ford
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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
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Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. Henry Ford
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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. Henry Ford
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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
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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. Henry Ford
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It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. Henry Ford
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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. Henry Ford
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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
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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
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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
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Don't find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford
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If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. Henry Ford
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Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it. Henry Ford
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It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. Henry Ford
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The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life. Henry Ford
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Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services. Henry Ford
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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
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Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success. Henry Ford
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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. Henry Ford
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Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. Henry Ford
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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. Henry Ford