Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Henry Fordwas an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 July 1863
CityGreenfield, MI
CountryUnited States of America
successful land america
America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers.
book mind
I don't like to read books. They muss up my mind.
hard-work thinking people
Thinking is hard work. That's why there are so few people doing it.
men independence earth
Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence.
blessed eye goal
If someone betrays you once, it is his fault. If he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, they will never cease to be amused. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
two people important
The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people.
needs bunk
I did not say history was bunk. It was bunk to me . . I did not need it very bad.
waiting buying cost
Then why flounder around waiting for good business? Get the costs down by better management. Get the prices down to the buying power.
doe helping
Our help does not come from Washington, but from ourselves.
challenges brain
Every depression is a challenge to every manufacturer to put more brains into his business.
men rich existence
A business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded.
easy hard
It is failure that is easy. Success is always hard.
waste expansion borrowing
Borrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another.
sake way failing
We do not make changes for the sake of making them, but we never fail to make a change when once it is demonstrated that the new way is better than the old way.