Henry Ford

All life is experience, and one level is exchanged for another only when its lesson is learned.

Children have helped me a lot.

There should be no unemployment. There is large percentage of labor now which cannot make a living because wages are not high enough. That is industry’s 2nd job. 1st job is to make good product. 2nd pay a good wage.

If a young man wants to fit himself for the Politics of tomorrow, let him fit himself into essential industry for the purpose of learning how best to conduct it for the whole public good.

I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. I got the idea from a book by Orlando Smith. Until I discovered this theory I was unsettled and dissatisfied-without a compass, so to speak. When I discovered reincarnation it was as if I had found a universal plan. I realized that there was a chance to work out my ideas. Time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. There was time enough to plan and to create. I wouldn’t give five cents for seeing all the world, because I feel there is nothing in the five continents and on the five seas that I have not somehow seen. Somewhere is a master mind sending brain wave messages to us. There is a Great Spirit. I never did anything by my own volition. I was pushed by invisible forces within and without me. We inherit a native knowledge from a previous existence. Gospel of reincarnation is essence of all knowledge. I do not know where we come from or go to but we accumulate experience. Someday it will be possible to measure the soul. We all retain memories of past lives.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

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

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

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Acquiring the habit of note-taking is therefore a wonderfully complementary skill to that of listening.

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.

I don’t hire a lot of number-crunchers, and I don’t trust fancy marketing surveys. I do my own surveys and draw my own conclusions.

We get real results only in proportion to the real values we give.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

Good copy can’t be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You’ve got to believe in the product.

I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information.

I own buildings. I’m a builder; I know how to build. Nobody can build like I can build. Nobody. And the builders in New York will tell you that. I build the best product. And my name helps a lot.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

I have a great, great company. I employ thousands of people. And I’m very proud of the job I did.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.