Charles Kettering
Charles Kettering
Charles Franklin Ketteringwas an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive developments were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline. In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems. At DuPont he also was responsible for the development of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 August 1876
CityLoudonville, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Charles Kettering quotes about
Action without intelligence is a form of insanity, but intelligence without action is the greatest form of stupidity in the world.
We are just in the kindergarten of uncovering things; there is no downcurve in science.
It is man's destiny to ponder on the riddle of existence and, as a byproduct of his wonderment, to create a new life on this earth.
Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.
Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.
Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that it must.
The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.
An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.
There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.
Failures, repeated failures, are sign-posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something (and it works).
The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.
We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.