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
capable living man potential thinks
There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.
branches
There are some branches that are closed, but as I said 90% are still open.
useless-things people trying
Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing.
vegetables years yield
There is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There's enough alcohol in one year's yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for a hundred years.
famous-inspirational earth way
If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear - nothing in all of life to be afraid of.
learning things-in-life mind
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
makers made manage
Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.
valuable wells
Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself
kings book home
As a young man, I was very interested in how people lived in earlier times; how they got from place to place, lighted their homes, cooked their meals and so on. So I went to the history books. Well, I could find out all about kings and presidents; but I could learn nothing of their everyday lives. So I decided that history is bunk.
usual speak partners
It is not usual to speak of an employee as a partner, and yet what else is he?
economy spending used
Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisdom used in spending it.
operations policy articles
Our policy is to reduce the price, extend the operations, and improve the article.
just-one one-thing-after-another
History's just one darn thing after another.
waste expansion borrowing
Borrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another.