Henry Ford

"An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. "

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. "

"Asking 'Who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. "

"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. "

"Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. "

"Don't find fault, find a remedy. "

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. "

"History is more or less bunk. "

"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we made today. "

"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. "

"I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. "

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. "

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

"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. "

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. "

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. "

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. "

"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. "

"People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black. "

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

"There is one rule for the industrialist and that is Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. "

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. "

"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. "

"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. "

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

"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. "