"The more detailed the plan, the easier the trip."
Henry Ford
Industrialist
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, known for revolutionizing the automobile industry with assembly line production.
- Born
- July 30, 1863
- Died
- April 7, 1947
- Quotes
- 427
- Rank
- #5305
Quote collection
Henry Ford quotes (page 10 of 22)
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"When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out."
"Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral."
"The Jews caused the war, the Jews caused the outbreak of thieving and robbery all over the country, the Jews caused the inefficiency of the navy"
"Show me who makes a profit from war, and I'll show you how to stop the war."
"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."
"We are here for experience, and experience is a preparation to know the Truth when we meet it."
"The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet."
"You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together."
"I don't expect to retire. Every man must work, that's his natural destiny."
"Greed is merely a species of nearsightedness."
"History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man."
"Whether you think you will succeed or not, you are right."
"Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it."
"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."
"Reading musses up my mind."
"A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one."
"Thinking first of money instead of work brings fear."
"There is no failure except failure to serve one's purpose."
"Thinking is the hardest work we do."