The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have more industry. More industry, more employment and comfort for all.
It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.
My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.
I built a great company, one of the – some of the most iconic assets in the world, $10 billion of net worth, more than $10 billion of net worth, and frankly, I had a great time doing it.
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn’t want your family to read. You wouldn’t tell lies to your own wife. Don’t tell them to mine.
Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far.
I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.
I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn’t really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.
Only one thing makes prosperity, and that is work.
I’m not looking to be a personal manager.
I never insisted that I was a good student.
On Beverly Hills we paid too much. One hundred per cent, we did over-pay. We didn’t do our research properly.
Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.
The Model T blazed the way for the motor industry and started the movement for good roads everywhere. It is still the pioneer car in many parts of the world which are just beginning to be motorized.
Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn.
You now have to decide what ‘image’ you want for your brand. Image means personality. Products, like people, have personalities, and they can make or break them in the market place.
The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.
Did I have a problem with lying to get the job? None whatsoever.
The more predictable the business, the more valuable it is.
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It’s done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.
