Henry Ford Quotes

“These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.”

“Mediocrity is the worst enemy of prosperity.”

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

“The most difficult job is the one that you never get started on.”

“The Model T blazed the way for the motor industry & started the movement for good roads everywhere. It is still the pioneer car in many parts of the world which are just beginning to be motorized.”

“The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.”

“History is more or less bunk.”

“None of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job... Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible.”

“Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better looking”

“No one will ever get anywhere in this world unless he becomes a teacher, one who can show others how to do things.”

“Any decision you make isn't worth a tinkers damn until you have formed the habit of making and keeping it.”

“Don't find the fault, find the remedy”

“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.”

“There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off.”

“If two people agree, one of them is unnecessary.”

“The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.”

“To be good is not enough; a man must be good for something”

“The human race cannot forever exist half-exploiters and half-exploited.”

“Surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer is standard treatment and is likely curative. Yet, fewer blacks than whites undergo surgery for the disease, leading to a higher mortality rate among blacks with lung cancer.”

“When I see an Alfa Romeo go by, I tip my hat.”

“The way out of the depression is to start spending and doing things.”

“There is safety in small beginnings and there is unlimited capital in the experience gained by growing.”

“Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol.”

“The fuel of the future is going to come from fruit like that sumach out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust - almost anything.”

“success is 99% failure”