Henry Ford

As members of the Ford Motor organization we are engaged in the production of an article of use for the people of all countries. Our principle is to make our work as profitable for the buyer as for the seller.

Getting permanent value out of a job means purpose and fitting means to ends.

People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.

From the start I had my own ideas about how the business should run. I wanted it to benefit everybody who contributed to its success-stockholders, labor and the American public.

What right have you, save service to the world, to think that other men’s labor should contribute to your gains?

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.

Change isn’t a light switch; it’s slow and gradual.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – 21 years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I’d like to fly on.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Die, but do not retreat.

The satisfaction that arises from honest accomplishment is of far more value in the promotion of human happiness than the thrill that comes with the realization of materialistic aspirations.

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

I think every parent, every generation has wanted their children to do better and have a higher standard of living. But I think there’s too much guilt.

There are no limitations to any of our dreams.

If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I’d type a little faster.