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
business believe perfection
Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die. But when a business ceases to be creative, when it believes it has reached perfection and needs to do nothing but produce no improvement, no development, it is done
inspire challenges chance
There's no such thing as no chance.
work joy joy-in-work
There is joy in work.
government law people
The Government is a servant and never should be anything but a servant. The moment the people become adjuncts to government, then the law of retribution begins to work, for such a relation is unnatural, immoral, and inhuman.
scatterbrain unspoken
A scatterbrain is one who never has an unspoken thought.
opportunity overalls
Opportunities will not overlook you because you are wearing overalls.
pay envelopes wages
The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work.
inspiring thoughtful views
I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was twenty-six. Religion offered nothing to the point. Even work could not give me complete satisfaction. Work is futile if we cannot utilize the experience we collect in one life in the next. When I discovered reincarnation . . . time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. . . . I would like to communicate to others the calmness that the long view of life gives to us.
integrity fake honor
Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made.
war russia might
I didn't get much peace, but I heard in Norway that Russia might well become a huge market for tractors soon.
cancer cells disease
Surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer is standard treatment and is likely curative. Yet, fewer blacks than whites undergo surgery for the disease, leading to a higher mortality rate among blacks with lung cancer,
pay wages customers
It is the customer that pays the wages
beautiful philosophy years
To me this is the most beautiful, the most satisfactory from a scientific standpoint, the most logical theory of life. For thirty years I have leaned toward the theory of Reincarnation. It seems a most reasonable philosophy and explains many things.
inspirational effort adjusting
Success is a matter of adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service needed by others.