Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Henry Fordwas an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 July 1863
CityGreenfield, MI
CountryUnited States of America
inspiring education attitude
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.
pride men proud
A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.
kings business men
Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.
fall government giving
The government in business may waste time and money without rendering service. In the end the public pays in taxes. The corporation cannot waste or it will fall. It cannot make unfair rulings or give high-handed, expensive service, for there are not enough people willing to accept inferior service to make a volume of business that will pay dividends.
opportunity people missing
Many people miss opportunity because it came disguised in overalls.
happiness profit chiefs
Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.
brain mouths pressure
Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral.
may pay wages
Of course, it is not the employer who pays wages. He only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages and it is the management that arranges the production so that the product may pay the wages.
quality matter amount
Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount.
teamwork men mind
Why should I clutter my mind with general information when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I need?
past misunderstood library
Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction.
crush past government
No government can guarantee security. It can only tax production, distribution and service and gradually crush the power to pay taxes. That settles nothing. It only uses up the gains of the past and postpones the developments of the future.
care fit protocol
The only statement I care to make about the Protocols is that they fit in with what is going on.
marketing produce
Minicars produce miniprofits.