Quotes by Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

American industrialist

Lived from: 1863 - 1947

Category: Business and entrepreneurs Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 july 1863 Died: 7 april 1947

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

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  • 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.
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  • A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
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  • A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
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  • Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
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  • An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
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  • 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.
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  • Don't find fault, find a remedy.
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  • Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
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  • Never complain. Never explain.
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  • Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
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  • Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
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  • Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
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  • 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.
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  • Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right!
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  • You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
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  • A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
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  • Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.
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  • Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
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  • Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.
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  • Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
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What are the most famous quotes from Henry Ford?

The two most famous quotes from Henry Ford are:

  • "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."
  • "A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."

When did Henry Ford live?

Henry Ford was born in 1863 and died in the year 1947.