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
past today chaos
..Yet if today has no meaning, the past was a Blank and the future is a Chaos.
past misunderstood library
Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction.
crush past government
No government can guarantee security. It can only tax production, distribution and service and gradually crush the power to pay taxes. That settles nothing. It only uses up the gains of the past and postpones the developments of the future.
hard-work past management
Work mixed with management becomes not only easier but more profitable. The time is past when anyone can boast about 'hard work' without having a corresponding result to show for it.
morning men past
Business men go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot bring themselves to change. One sees them all about - men who do not know that yesterday is past, and who woke up this morning with their last year's ideas.
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.
anybody complain
Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain
alms easy giving work
It is easy to give alms; it is better to work to make the giving of alms unnecessary
believe people superior
I don?t believe in titles, they make people think they are superior
gaining hoarding hope money people reserve safety security
Many people think that by hoarding money they are gaining safety for themselves. if money is your ONLY hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a person can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Without these qualities, money is practically useless.
change people
The only change people like is the one that jingles in their pocket.
again begin failure opportunity
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
business money poor
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.
engine took
It was that engine which took me into automotive transportation.