Henry Ford

If we could get all religions together on a common purpose-the elimination of jealousies and the things that make men covet another’s belongings, we would be a long way toward the goal of outmoding war, depression and poverty.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn’t do.

The difference between a good govt. system and its poor administration is easily explained; the chief administrators are not Bosses in the best sense.

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

A low wage business is always insecure.

A nation that knows how to work will never suffer.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

My advice to budding property developers: do it on the cheap and you’ll get a cheap price. Don’t avoid putting in skirting just because it’s hidden by a sofa.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

Good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.

I think I’ve got the best staff in television.

We pay attention to every demographic in every country, so we’re going to focus on building things that teens are going to like, and we’re also going to focus on building things that other folks are going to like.

We decided not to show One Hyde Park til we were 100% ready. A lot of people open the doors too early.

I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers.

To be most effective in sales today, it’s imperative to drop your ‘sales’ mentality and start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired you.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.