Henry Ford

When people are ‘stung’ in false investment schemes there are three causes; greed of something for nothing; sheer inability to know their mind; or infantile trustfulness.

I do not believe that material accumulation is the whole of success, and on the other hand I do not believe that true success ever excludes a sufficient possession of wealth-but wealth as a means, not as an end.

Cutting wages is not the way to recovery. Raise wages and improve the product.

Of all the follies the elder generation falls victim to this is the most foolish, namely, the constant criticism of the younger element who will not be and cannot be like ourselves because we and they are different tribes produced of different elements in the great spirit of Time.

Nations are great as they are prosperous as they are industrious as they are just.

There can be no lasting peace where hatred exists. Hatreds will continue to arise as long as the causes of war are not rooted out and exposed.

When people are ‘stung’ in false investment schemes there are three causes; greed of something for nothing; sheer inability to know their mind; or infantile trustfulness.

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.

Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

If you find out what men want and give them that, you are pleasing them. If you find out what is good for them and give them that, you are performing a service. That’s what we are trying to do.

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

Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.

A store’s best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.

Our aim is to compete with any luxury brand. Candy & Candy will be a luxury brand, recognised in Rodeo Drive, New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and London. Those are the major centres in the world. It will be synonymous with the design of homes, houses, flats, yachts, aircraft and retail.

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

My friends are people who like building cool stuff. We always have this joke about people who want to just start companies without making something valuable. There’s a lot of that in Silicon Valley.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.

The main job of the entrepreneur is to define the mission, find and inspire the team, and lead.