Henry Ford

We live in an era of tremendous facts. And the facts are facts. They are also unpleasant facts, which does not decrease their factual percentage one bit. Our job is to understand them, to recognize their presence, to learn if we can what they signify and not to fall into the error of minimizing facts because they have a bitter flavor.

You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is, it’s how we use it that makes things possible.

Employers only handle the money – it is the customer who pays the wages.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

History is more or less bunk.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

If you change anything about the way you approach selling, the thing that would make the biggest difference would be your attitude, your attitude toward your customer, your service, the benefits of your products, your employer, and yourself.

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don’t live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn’t want your family to read. You wouldn’t tell lies to your own wife. Don’t tell them to mine.

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

The headline is the ‘ticket on the meat.’ Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.

I’ve been making deals all my life.

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.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

We’’ve designed swimming pools that turn into ballrooms, and fitted security devices that fill a garage with gas if someone is stealing your car.

The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

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

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.