Henry Ford

Depressions aren’t acts of God; like wars, they are the work of a small group of men who profit by them.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.

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.

People who are capable of and fit for freedom liberate themselves from physical thralldom by substituting mind for muscle.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.

The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.

It took only 10 minutes to do Chelsea deal with Roman Abramovich but I had to Google him first … I wasn’t sure if Jeremy Beadle was going to jump out.

What America needs most is aviation.

It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially – like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye.

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven’t ordered wanted goods into your store.

We started learning ourselves, understanding ourselves, reading, researching, going around the world and looking at what was defined as the very best.

No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect.

Everything I do in life is framed through the view of a businessman. That’s my instinct. If I go into a pharmacy to buy shaving cream, then I’m going to look for the best deal on shaving cream.

If your dreams don’t scare you they are too small.

We have a very open culture at the company, where we foster a lot of interaction between not just me and people but between everyone else. It’s an open floor plan. People have these desks where no one really has an office. I mean, I have a room where I meet with people. But it has all glass, so everyone can see into it and see what’s going on.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

A touch of the jitters sharpens the mind, gets the adrenaline flowing and helps you to focus.

A low wage business is always insecure.