Henry Ford

The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.

Efficient industry is the sole key to prosperity.

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.

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

When bankers get into business they usually destroy it.

Improvements have been coming so quickly that the past is being lost to the rising generation, and it can be preserved only by putting it in a form where it may be seen and felt. That is the reason behind this collection.

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

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

Mass production is craftsmanship with the drudgery taken out of it.

Good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.

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

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

There are good examples of companies – Coca-Cola is one – that invested before there was a huge market in countries, and I think that ended up playing out to their benefit for decades to come.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

People in the beauty community don’t like copycats, so I think it’s important to stay true to who you are and people will stay your customer.

Fairs and public displays are the best means we have yet found of showing large numbers of people the real methods of industry.

I was never involved in arms trading. In the Russian Federation, arms trading is the prerogative of the state.

Without a customer, you don’t have a business, all you have is a hobby.

There is no failure except failure to serve one’s purpose.

Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.