Henry Ford

I believe that any stock that is sold should have real value as automobile or bushel of potatoes, and stock market should be run as a vegetable market.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

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.

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.

I haven’t put a pencil to a piece of paper, working out a problem, in years; I do it in my head.

Paying good wages is not charity at all-it is the best kind of business.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, take the calculated risk, and take action!

People say time heals all wounds. Let me tell you, time heals nothing. You can do the wrong thing for 10 years and it doesn’t equal the right thing for one day.

Whenever you think it’s the end, it’s probably just the start of something else.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Idleness is the reason for many of our troubles.

Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.

We each own one car, and we have a reasonable house. It’s a lovely place to be, but it’s not extravagant.

I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.

I’ve sworn never to read any reviews ever again except those that are pointed out to me as nice ones. I would say that most of us who are considered in the artist realm just take it so terribly, and, you know, it can kill ya!

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality.

Awareness without action is worthless.

Now I’m a warrior.

What is the one thing that I could do to help you?