A List of Famous Henry Ford Quotes By Reference

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A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

Henry Ford

Bores and Boredom
2

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

Henry Ford

Service
3

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.

Henry Ford

Business
4

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

Henry Ford

Ideals and Idealism
5

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

Henry Ford

Learning
6

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

Henry Ford

Business
7

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

Henry Ford

Deeds and Good Deeds
8

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Henry Ford

Teamwork
9

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

Henry Ford

Rivalry
10

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Henry Ford

Faults
11

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

Henry Ford

Enthusiasm
12

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Henry Ford

Mistakes
13

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy you don't need it. If you are sick you shouldn't take it.

Henry Ford

Physical exercise
14

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Henry Ford

Failure
15

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.

Henry Ford

Belief
16

History is more or less bunk.

Henry Ford

History and Historians
17

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

Henry Ford

Possibilities
18

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.

Henry Ford

God
19

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.

Henry Ford

Possibilities
20

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

Henry Ford

Business
21

I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one - and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.

Henry Ford

Ford Model T
22

If you take all the experience and judgment of men over fifty out of the world, there wouldn't be enough left to run it.

Henry Ford

Experience
23

If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.

Henry Ford

Quality
24

It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history.

Henry Ford

Business
25

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Henry Ford

Time and Time Management
26

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

Henry Ford

Ability
27

It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product who pays the wages.

Henry Ford

Business
28

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Henry Ford

Adversity
29

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.

Henry Ford

Security
30

Money is like an arm or leg -- use it or lose it.

Henry Ford

Money
31

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Henry Ford

Problem
32

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

Henry Ford

Friends and Friendship
33

Never complain. Never explain.

Henry Ford

Complaints and Complaining
34

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

Henry Ford

Simplicity
35

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.

Henry Ford

Fear
36

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

Henry Ford

Speculation
37

The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.

Henry Ford

Excellence
38

The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work.

Henry Ford

Wages
39

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.

Henry Ford

Money
40

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Henry Ford

Giving
41

The object of living is work, experience, and happiness. There is joy in work. All that money can do is buy us someone else's work in exchange for our own. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Henry Ford

Work
42

The question Who ought to be boss? is like as Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

Henry Ford

Ability
43

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

Henry Ford

Problem
44

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

Henry Ford

Fools and Foolishness
45

There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

Henry Ford

Potential
46

There is no such thing as no chance.

Henry Ford

Possibilities
47

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.

Henry Ford

Quality
48

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

Henry Ford

Work
49

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Henry Ford

Leaders and Leadership
50

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity, intellect and resources -- to do something about them.

Henry Ford

Potential
51

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

Henry Ford

Problem
52

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!

Henry Ford

Ability
53

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

Henry Ford

Reputation
54

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

Henry Ford
55

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Henry Ford

Responsibility

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A List of Famous Henry Ford Quotes you can use this list to help make your own ranked list about this topic

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.

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

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

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy you don't need it. If you are sick you shouldn't take it.

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.

History is more or less bunk.

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.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

If you take all the experience and judgment of men over fifty out of the world, there wouldn't be enough left to run it.

If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.

It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product who pays the wages.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Money is like an arm or leg -- use it or lose it.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

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

Never complain. Never explain.

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

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.

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.

The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

The object of living is work, experience, and happiness. There is joy in work. All that money can do is buy us someone else's work in exchange for our own. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

The question Who ought to be boss? is like as Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.

There is no such thing as no chance.

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 the probable reason so few engage in it.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity, intellect and resources -- to do something about them.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!

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

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

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.