Henry Ford

Yet if today has no meaning, the past was a Blank and the future is a Chaos.

What is life but education, anyway?

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

War is not a matter for the professional pacifist or militarist. It is for the unprofessional people. They finance and fight it, they bear its losses. Therefore, they should have the deciding voice concerning it. To do this, they require all the information upon which decisions are made. They should know in a difference, whether it is soluble by rational intelligence, or inevitable by force. Not once in a thousand instances would our people (this may not be true of all peoples, however) approve an offensive war. Never would they be lax in defensive action. For this is their country. However, most of their enemies are within it.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

A happy and contented nation is an example to the whole world. Where there is contentment there must be peace.

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

Did I have a problem with lying to get the job? None whatsoever.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.

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.

My definition of an executive’s job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.

Building a brand may be more important than building a business.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

I’ve learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.