Henry Ford

I do not believe that material accumulation is the whole of success, and on the other hand I do not believe that true success ever excludes a sufficient possession of wealth-but wealth as a means, not as an end.

Nations are great as they are prosperous as they are industrious as they are just.

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

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.

Do you realize if it weren’t for Edison we’d be watching TV by candlelight?

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.

I don’t know anybody so old he can’t do something useful. Just give them a chance and see.

This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.

Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because its much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs?

There’s a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I’m in the same boat.

When you make changes in your life, make sure you’re moving toward the things you want.

I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.

Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.

Most choices are driven by immediate results.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make horseraces.

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did; I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times.

Not only can you not plan the impact you’re going to have, you often won’t recognize it when you’re having it.