Henry Ford Quotes

I like looking back at business greats and reading famous quotes for inspiration.

Below are some quotes from Henry Ford you might like…

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.
Henry Ford

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.
Henry Ford

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
Henry Ford

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

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

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Henry Ford

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t.
Henry Ford

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Henry Ford

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

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
Henry Ford

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
Henry Ford

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

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

A little background on Ford fromWikipedia…

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. As sole owner of the Ford Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with “Fordism”, that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line which could finish a car in 98 minutes, coupled with high wages for his workers—notably the $5.00 per day pay scale adopted in 1914. Ford, though not formally educated, had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. Ford shunned greed and did not believe in accountants; he amassed one of the world’s largest fortunes without ever having his company audited. The company’s first audit occurred after Henry Ford II became head of the company. Henry Ford’s intense commitment to lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put a dealership in every city in North America, and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently.

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