Henry Ford Quotes

"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."

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't"

"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."

"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!"

"My grandfather killed my father in my mind. I know he died of cancer - but it was because of what my grandfather did to him."

"put the world on wheels."

"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"

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."

"There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't."

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

"Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets."

"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."

"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."

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