Henry Ford

In the long run people are going to buy the cheapest and the best article no matter where it is made.

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.

Every man is entitled to make a darn fool of himself at least once in a lifetime.’ -Regarding Great War Peace Ship

A peaceful nation is one that has the means to make war and restrains.

Burdening people with debt is an old deal not a new deal.

When prices go up, business goes down.

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

In the Ford Motor Company we emphasize service equally with sales.

I really don’t retain information – by the time I arrive wherever I’m going, I already forget what it is that I wanted to say.

If I had asked them what they had wanted, they would have said a faster horse.

Only a fool never changes his mind.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can’t read it afterwards.

You can’t tell me you can make any system or country work with low wages and high prices, and high wages with high prices don’t mean anything when the prices eat up the wages and don’t leave anything over.

When bankers get into business they usually destroy it.

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

I used to be able to read memo’s upside down… It was like going to the college of the entertainment business.

The more predictable the business, the more valuable it is.

We started learning ourselves, understanding ourselves, reading, researching, going around the world and looking at what was defined as the very best.