Henry Ford

History doesn’t mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.

We ought to know more about the families who founded this nation, and how they lived. One way to do this is to reconstruct as nearly as possible the conditions under which they lived.

Should a man quit at 40 he is failure-Retire at that age is sorry failure.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

Money will ruin the life of any man who treats it like anything but a tool with which to work.

The only thing you can give a man without hurting him is an opportunity.

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does.

When I’m feeling anxious or depressed, I do find it helps to reach for a pen and paper. There is something about writing things down, that hand-eye combination, that makes me feel calmer.

The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, take the calculated risk, and take action!

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

This is your life and the clock is ticking.

History doesn’t mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.

In the end, you’re just a renter anyway. You only own these things for as long as you live. After that, who knows? If I live until I’m 80, I’ll have 30 more years of collecting. If the collection is big enough, I’ll build a museum. And if not, I’ll leave it to a museum.

I ask you to go back and read them over again, and this time answer “Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.

When you want nothing from anyone else, you’re safe for anyone to be with. Including yourself.

Here I am alive, and it’s not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.

From the day I arrived, California seemed like an enchanted land.