Henry Ford

The way out of the depression is to start spending and doing things.

Music and song are, in my opinion, so fine and necessary a part of life that without them we cannot be said really to live at all.

Worry is the most wasteful thing in the world.

Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.

It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

What’s the quickest way to become a millionaire? Borrow fivers off everyone you meet.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

One client didn’t want to go out so had us build him a nightclub in his house.

Although Mr. Edison was called ‘The Wizard’ of the electrical world and everyone thought that electricity was the coming thing, he actually encouraged me to go with my second car.

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.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

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

Hire character. Train skill.

It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea.

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice – in giving a failure another chance.

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

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

It’s a new endeavour for me. I’ve never run a territory. I’ve never talked publicly to people. I’ve got to try it just to see whether I like it.

People in the beauty community don’t like copycats, so I think it’s important to stay true to who you are and people will stay your customer.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I’m just hard working and pragmatic.