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
stories knows ifs
Every object tells a story if you know how to read it.
car long black
Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.
difficulty
The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.
machinery goods
Power and machinery, money and goods, are useful only as they set us free to live.
inspiration color long
People can have the Model T in any color – so long as it’s black.
jobs men thinking
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.
life history bunk
History is more or less bunk.
doe waste wasting-time
Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.
inspirational punishment charity
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
past men chance
Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance.
enthusiasm-for-life motivational-sales yeast
You can do anything if you have enthusiasm.
positive money time
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
believe heart ideas
When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.
business inspiration insperational
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.