Henry Ford

Getting permanent value out of a job means purpose and fitting means to ends.

Poetry without music may be beautiful, but music gives poetry wings and elevates it into song. That may be the reason for our love of song-it has wings and lifts us; with proper songs, it is a nourishing spiritual exercise.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.

The present method of producing milk is too laborious. I believe that we can make milk by scientific process, eliminating the cow.

We ought to know more about the families who founded this nation, and how they lived. One way to do this is to reconstruct as nearly as possible the conditions under which they lived.

Faith is one of the most effective tools in the human equipment. I believe that faith works.

Chris and I came from nothing. We’re selfmade. We started with nothing, so we have nothing to lose. And we have everything to gain.

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

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don’t usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.

While I love technology and social media, a text or a tweet can never replace the real value of conversation.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.

This is serious business. But it doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun along the way.

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.

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

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes.

If you love what you do, if you love going to the office, if you really like it – not just say it, but really like it – it keeps you young and energised. I really love what I do.

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

Machines were devised not to do a man out of a job, but to take the heavy labor from man’s back and place it on the broad back of the machine.

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

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.