Henry Ford

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

The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.

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

You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

People didn’t want war. We were forced in it. How fast we finish it depends on how free a hand our generals and admirals have. The less interference they get from the politicians the quicker they’ll end it.

To do more for the world than the world does for you – that is success.

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

Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

[On his first job in the mailroom of William Morris a casting agency] It was the first time in the my life that I thought ‘I can do that.’

First and foremost, I’m a real estate person. And that’s what I love the most.

I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.

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

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

It took only 10 minutes to do Chelsea deal with Roman Abramovich but I had to Google him first … I wasn’t sure if Jeremy Beadle was going to jump out.

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.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

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.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose… the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.