Henry Ford

The depression was just a state of mind. It is over for everyone who has changed his state of mind.

We do not hire a man’s history, we hire the man.

I believe in 100% Theory and 100% Practice. Theory without practical application is futile.

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

Idleness is the reason for many of our troubles.

The greatest day of my life was the day I married Mrs. Ford.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

This ain’t my first rodeo son!

The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else.

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.

Experience is the harvest of life, and every harvest is the result of a sowing. The experience which young people must crave is that of success in some service for which they are naturally fitted.

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

You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

When I’m feeling anxious or depressed, I do find it helps to reach for a pen and paper. There is something about writing things down, that hand-eye combination, that makes me feel calmer.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.