Henry Ford

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.

For a long time now, I have believed that industry and agriculture are natural partners and that they should begin to recognize and practice their partnership. Each of them is suffering from ailments which the other can cure. Agriculture needs a wider andsteadier market; industrial workers need more steadier jobs. Can each be made to supply what the other needs? I think so. The link between is Chemistry. In the vicinity of Dearborn we are farming twenty thousand acres for everything from sunflowers to soy beans. We pass the crops through our laboratory to learn how they may be used in the manufacture of motor cars and, thus provide an industrial market for the farmers’ products.

Trees are among the most useful things grown.

Progress is a new season and the rule of progress is everything in its season.

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

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, so you have got to create a new history.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.

This is the only reason Greenfield Village exists-to give us a sense of unity with our people through the generations, and to convey the inspiration of American genius to our young men. As a nation we have not depended so much on rare or occasional genius as on the general resourcefulness of our people. That is our true genius, and I am hoping that Greenfield Village will serve that.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I’m not saying that’s bad.

I think you’re running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, ‘Brace yourself honey, here I come!’

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience. It is giving up believing in belief.

If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

The best way is always the simplest. The attics of the world are cluttered up with complicated failures.